US 2010/0064004 A1 · SYNCHRONIZING DOCUMENTS BY DESIGNATING A LOCAL SERVER

Abstract

A method, system, and computer usable program product for synchronizing documents by designating a local server are provided in the illustrative embodiments. A data network is formed that includes several data processing systems, each data processing system having a separate version of a document. A candidate data processing system is designated from the several data processing systems as a local server. Separate versions of the document are sent from the several data processing systems to the local server. The separate versions of the document are synchronized with a baseline version of the document to form a synchronized version of the document. The synchronized version of the document is returned to the several data processing systems. In addition, the data network may be formed if the data connectivity to an original server has been lost.

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Dependent claims

A computer implemented method for synchronizing documents by designating a local server, the computer implemented method comprising:

forming a data network, the data network including a plurality of data processing systems, each data processing system in the plurality of data processing systems having a separate version of a document;
designating a candidate data processing system from the plurality of data processing systems as a local server;
sending the separate versions of the document from the plurality of data processing systems to the local server;
synchronizing the separate versions of the document with a baseline version of the document to form a synchronized version of the document;
and
returning the synchronized version of the document to the plurality of data processing systems.

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A computer usable program product comprising a computer usable medium including computer usable code for synchronizing documents by designating a local server, the computer usable code comprising:

computer usable code for forming a data network, the data network including a plurality of data processing systems, each data processing system in the plurality of data processing systems having a separate version of a document;
computer usable code for designating a candidate data processing system from the plurality of data processing systems as a local server;
computer usable code for sending the separate versions of the document from the plurality of data processing systems to the local server;
computer usable code for synchronizing the separate versions of the document with a baseline version of the document to form a synchronized version of the document;
and
computer usable code for returning the synchronized version of the document to the plurality of data processing systems.

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A data processing system for synchronizing documents by designating a local server, the data processing system comprising:

a storage device including a storage medium, wherein the storage device stores computer usable program code;
and
a processor, wherein the processor executes the computer usable program code, and wherein the computer usable program code comprises:
computer usable code for forming a data network, the data network including a plurality of data processing systems, each data processing system in the plurality of data processing systems having a separate version of a document;
computer usable code for designating a candidate data processing system from the plurality of data processing systems as a local server;
computer usable code for sending the separate versions of the document from the plurality of data processing systems to the local server;
computer usable code for synchronizing the separate versions of the document with a baseline version of the document to form a synchronized version of the document;
and
computer usable code for returning the synchronized version of the document to the plurality of data processing systems.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Synchronizing documents by designating a local server

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Abstract

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