US Patent:
20090287762, Nov 19, 2009
Inventors:
Burra Gopal - Redmond WA, US
Chris Keyser - Snoqualmie WA, US
Rolando Jimenez Salgado - Redmond WA, US
Rakesh Gupta - Hyderabad, IN
Manish Soni - Hyderabad, IN
David Koronthaly - Sammamish WA, US
Anton Kirillov - Seattle WA, US
Assignee:
MICROSOFT CORPORATION - Redmond WA
International Classification:
G06F 15/16
Abstract:
Architecture that maintains the user experience as close as possible to the user experience when dealing with the usual/regular forms and data provided in an office application when dealing with hybrid forms and hybrid data. Synchronization of the hybrid data to single-master and multi-masters systems is accomplished when the associated hybrid client goes offline, changes are made to the hybrid data, and then the client comes back online. For example, where the single-master system is a line-of-business (LOB) server system and the multi-master system is an officer server that employs collaboration capability, the architecture allows office users to access, manipulate, and share LOB entity information using collaborative means, while at the same time, ensuring data and business process consistency for the LOB entity in the LOB system.