Patent ID: 7809384

Claim:
A method of synchronizing data between a mobile device and a computing device over a wireless link, comprising: setting a synchronization schedule, retained on a computer storage medium of at least one of the mobile device and the computing device, which indicates how frequently synchronization operations are to occur during a plurality of different time periods throughout a day, wherein the synchronization schedule is configurable to schedule the synchronization operations to occur more frequently during some of the plurality of different time periods than during other of the plurality of different time periods throughout the day, and wherein setting the synchronization schedule comprises: designating a time period of the plurality of different time periods as a peak time period or as a non-peak time period; and setting at least one frequency with which the synchronization operations are to be performed during the peak time period, during the non-peak time period, or during both the peak time period and the non-peak time period; and performing at least one of the synchronization operations to synchronize data between the mobile device and the computing device.