Optimizing a three tiered synchronization system by pre-fetching and pre-formatting synchronization data

A three tiered data synchronization system comprising:

• a client having an associated client data store;
• an enterprise data server having an associated server data store;
• a synchronization server configured to intermittently and bidirectionally synchronize data within the client data store with data within the server data store;
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• a pre-fetch data store that maintains data specific to synchronization requests that is used by the synchronization server when performing synchronization operations responsive to detected synchronization requests, wherein the data specific to synchronization request is stored within the pre-fetch data store before the corresponding synchronization requests are detected by the synchronization server.

A machine-readable storage for handling empty update events within a three tiered synchronization system having a client, synchronization server, and data server, the machine-readable storage having stored thereon, a computer program having a plurality of code sections, said code sections executable by a machine for causing the machine to perform the steps of:

• before a synchronization request is detected, the synchronization server retrieving data needed for handling the synchronization request from at least one of a data store associated with the client and a data store associated with the data server;
• before the synchronization request is detected, the synchronization server storing the retrieved data in a pre-fetch data store;
• detecting the synchronization request for synchronizing data within the data store of the client with data within the data store of the data server;
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• the synchronization server handling the synchronization request utilizing data for the synchronization request that was placed within the pre-fetch data store before the synchronization request was detected.