System and method to dynamically synchronize hierarchical hypermedia based on resource description framework (rdf)

An apparatus for real-time hypermedia synchronization within a session, the apparatus comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• memory coupled to the processor;
• wherein the apparatus is configured to:
• establish a communications link between the apparatus and a first user device during the session;
• generate a first identifier associated with a first uniform resource identifier (URI) that identifies first hypermedia;
• receive a request from the first user device including a second URI that identifies second hypermedia to be added to the session;
• generate synchronization information providing a temporal relationship between the first URI and the second URI, wherein the synchronization information includes a resource description framework (RDF) triple having a subject, a <sync> predicate, and an object;
• and
• store the generated synchronization information.

A method of transforming a hypermedia synchronization tree to a representational state transfer (REST) resource model, the method comprising:

• generating and storing a first hypermedia synchronization tree, the first tree associated with a first user in communication with a server during a session, the first tree defining a relation between a plurality of uniform resource identifiers (URIs) associated with the session;
• generating and storing a second hypermedia synchronization tree, the second tree associated with a second user in communication with the server during the session, the second tree defining a relation between the plurality of URIs;
• modifying the first tree in response to receiving a request from the first user including a URI that identifies hypermedia to be added to the session;
• and
• updating the second tree according to the URI that identifies the hypermedia to be added, the updated second tree configured to enable the second user to access the hypermedia via the URI.

A method for real-time hypermedia synchronization during a session between a first user device and a second user device, the method comprising:

• generating, at the first user device, a first identifier associated with a first uniform resource identifier (URI) that identifies first hypermedia;
• receiving, at the first user device, a request from a user that includes a second URI that identifies second hypermedia to be added to the session by the first user device;
• generating synchronization information providing a temporal relationship between the first URI and the second URI, wherein the synchronization information includes a resource description framework (RDF) triple having a subject, a <sync> predicate, and an object;
• and
• storing the generated synchronization information at the first user device.