Automated retrieval of data from remote location and database synchronization

Abstract

Methods for automated transformation of data residing on a storage device and delivery via SMTP to a physically remote data storage device are disclosed. In one method, database information from a first data storage device is obtained and an email-based file created having the polled information present therein. The email-based file is sent to a second data storage device, which is operable to receive the email-based file. The email-based file is then retrieved and the information parsed, where after the parsed information is preferably stored in the second data storage device. In another method, a database containing data residing in a first storage device is polled. The polled data is compiled into a formatted data file, such as an HTML page, where after it is submitted to a second storage device. An application operative on the second storage device parses the data and stores the parsed data. Reverse operations of the foregoing are also provided.

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