Patent ID: 7567967

Claim:
A computing device implemented method of managing a synch operation during which business solutions entities are loaded into a tangible mobile data store of a handheld mobile computing device from a central data storage system, the method comprising: defining subscriptions identifying business solutions entities to be loaded into the mobile data store during a synch operation, wherein the subscriptions are defined by a user of the mobile computing device and the mobile data store contains a total amount of data, a portion of which corresponds to a quantity of entity data corresponding to at least one of the entities identified by the subscriptions; estimating a current remaining data storage capacity of the mobile data store that is greater than a data storage capacity of the mobile data store less the total amount of data comprising calculating the current remaining data storage capacity in accordance with the following equation: R═C−(T−E) where R represents the current remaining data storage capacity of the mobile data store, C represents the data storage capacity of the mobile data store, T represents the total amount of data and E represents the quantity of entity data; estimating a subscriptions data quantity corresponding to an amount of data space required to store the entities identified by the subscriptions; comparing the subscriptions data quantity to the estimated current remaining data storage capacity; and displaying the subscriptions data quantity on the mobile computing device prior to performing the synch operation.