Synchronization adapter for synchronizing data to applications that do not directly support synchronization

摘要

A synchronization adapter is coupled to the application that does not support synchronization and generates the necessary synchronization metadata for all data in the application that is to be synchronized. The synchronization adapter then combines the metadata to the actual data to be synchronized to form a synchronization feed. The synchronization feed is stored in an internal cache (or data store) which is internal to the application, or an external cache (or data store), which is external to the application, or it can be stored in both caches. The synchronization adapter also intermittently determines whether the application data has changed, thus warranting a change in its metadata, or whether a synchronization operation is warranted to synchronization operation is warranted to synchronize the data with data in another application. In either case, the synchronization adapter makes the changes to the data, or performs a synchronization operation.

主权项

1. A synchronization endpoint system, comprising:
a first synchronization component that receives a synchronization feed that includes a data item of an application and synchronization metadata that is separate from the data item, the synchronization metadata having a synchronization metadata format and defines how to synchronize the data item in accordance with a synchronization protocol, wherein the synchronization metadata is derived from and associated with the data item of the application, and wherein the application does not support the synchronization metadata format; and a second synchronization component that receives the synchronization feed, supports the synchronization metadata format, and incorporates the data item and the associated synchronization metadata into an application function of the synchronization endpoint system.