Patent ID: 7277902

Claim:
A method for comparing an origin programmable logic device user configuration dataset for a first programmable logic device to a destination programmable logic device user configuration dataset for a second programmable logic device where said origin programmable logic device user configuration dataset is a revision of a first programmable logic device user configuration dataset and said first and destination programmable logic device user configuration datasets have similar functionality, for determining whether said destination programmable logic device user configuration dataset can be synchronized with said revision, said method comprising: determining at least one element of said origin programmable logic device user configuration dataset that differs from an element of said destination programmable logic device user configuration dataset; querying a database of features of said first and second programmable logic devices; applying information regarding said features to said at least one element that differs; and displaying to a user at least one of (a) said at least one element of said destination programmable logic device user configuration dataset that differs from said origin programmable logic device user configuration dataset, and (b) any elements of said destination programmable logic device user configuration dataset that do not differ from said origin programmable logic device user configuration dataset.