US 12,737,324 B2 · Bi-directional synchronization of content between repositories

Abstract

Systems, methods and products for synchronization of content and metadata where the content and metadata are shared from a source repository to a target repository. One embodiment of a repository connector system utilizes a monolithic robotic server for scheduled synchronization and a second monolithic manual server for processing manual synchronization requests. A metadata server in the connector system enables sharing and synchronization of mapped metadata between content objects in the source and target repositories. A notification server is provided in the connector system to track notifications of changes to shared content in the target repository, and to replicate these notifications in a local database that is accessible by the synchronization servers to identify changes to the content in the second repository. Each of the servers is coupled to a service registry in the connector system to enable discovery and interaction between the connector system components.

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Dependent claims

A repository connector system for synchronization comprising:

a synchronization server including a processor and a memory, the synchronization server communicatively connected to a first repository, the synchronization server communicatively connected to a second repository, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor for:
configuring one or more content shares from the first repository to the second repository, in accordance with one or more user defined mappings of content from the first repository to the second repository;
and
for each respective content share:
creating a robot account as a collaborator on the respective content share for monitoring changes on the respective content share on the second repository,
initiating replication of notification records based on monitored changes on the content share on the second repository,
accessing the replicated notification records at predetermined regular intervals to identify notification records indicating changes in the second repository to data of the respective content share, and
synchronizing the changes to the first repository to synchronize the respective content share to the first repository.

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A computer implemented repository connector method for synchronization comprising:

configuring, in a synchronization server of a repository connector system, one or more content shares from a first repository which is coupled to the synchronization server to a second repository which is coupled to the synchronization server, in accordance with one or more user defined mappings of content from the first repository to the second repository;
and
for each content share:
creating a robot account as a collaborator on the respective content share for monitoring changes on the respective content share on the second repository,
initiating replication of notification records based on monitored changes on the content share on the second repository,
accessing the replicated notification records at predetermined regular intervals to identify notification records indicating changes in the second repository to data of the respective content share, and
synchronizing the changes to the first repository to synchronize the respective content share to the first repository.

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A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions executable by one or more processors to perform:

configuring one or more content shares from a first repository which is coupled to a synchronization server of a repository connector system, to a second repository which is coupled to the synchronization server, in accordance with one or more user defined mappings of content from the first repository to the second repository;
for each content share:
creating a robot account as a collaborator on the respective content share for monitoring changes on the respective content share on the second repository,
initiating replication of notification records based on monitored changes on the content share on the second repository,
accessing the replicated notification records at predetermined regular intervals to identify notification records indicating changes in the second repository to data of the respective content share, and
synchronizing the changes to the first repository to synchronize the respective content share to the first repository.

3 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Bi-directional synchronization of content between repositories

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Bi-directional synchronization of content between repositories

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