- Patent Title: Maintaining state synchronization of an application between computing devices as well as maintaining state synchronization of common information between different applications without requiring periodic synchronization
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Application No.: US15793641Application Date: 2017-10-25
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Publication No.: US10069913B2Publication Date: 2018-09-04
- Inventor: Curtiss J. Howard , Todd E. Kaplinger , William A. Nagy
- Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Winstead, P.C.
- Agent Robert A. Voigt, Jr.
- Main IPC: G06F15/16
- IPC: G06F15/16 ; H04L29/08 ; H04W4/20 ; H04W4/50 ; H04W4/00

Abstract:
A method, system and computer program product for maintaining state synchronization of an application between computing devices and maintaining state synchronization of common information between different applications. A server receives a request from a client device to access a shared state scope. A shared state scope is a data store that physically resides on the server, where the data store stores state information. The state information stored in these scopes can be shared among multiple instances of an application residing on multiple client devices. Furthermore, the state information may include common information that is shared among different applications. Upon the server providing access to the requested scope, the server receives an update to the state information stored within the requested scope from the requesting client device. The server then notifies other client devices regarding the update to the state information that have access to the shared state scope.
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