N-WAY SYNCHRONIZATION OF DATA

Patent №

US 8,250,397

Granted

2012-08-21

Filed 2009

Owner

APPLE INC.

Lab

AI components

2

kr · planning

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

12640616

The invention relates to the use of history information as an aid to synchronization in a peer-to-peer system. In particular, node trees are used to represent portions of files systems designated for synchronization. The nodes in the node tree embody history information regarding associated objects. The history information includes version vectors that are used to simplify synchronization-related comparisons and create job lists that may be used to bring participating peers into synchronization.

AI classification

Planning0.99
Knowledge representation0.80
AI hardware0.32
Machine learning0.11
Evolutionary computation0.02
Natural language0.00
Vision0.00
Speech0.00

Ownership

APPLE INC.

assignment · 236700275

Assignors

MARCY, SCOTT, KNIGHT, BRENT

On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.

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