US 12,405,968 B2
Techniques for managing data
Alexander D. Palmer, San Jose, CA (US); Aaron Cotter, San Francisco, CA (US); Michael G. Abood, Emerald Hills, CA (US); Michael J. Zhu, Cupertino, CA (US); and Sumit Wattal, San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 22, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/584,987.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/470,796, filed on Jun. 2, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0403319 A1, Dec. 5, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 16/00 (2019.01); G06F 16/22 (2019.01); G06F 16/23 (2019.01); G06F 16/27 (2019.01)
CPC G06F 16/27 (2019.01) [G06F 16/2237 (2019.01); G06F 16/2365 (2019.01)] 39 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
at a first process executing on a first computer system:
receiving, from a second process executing on the first computer system, a request to synchronize a first item;
identifying a first set of data of the first item, wherein the first set of data corresponds to the first computer system;
identifying a second set of data of the first item, wherein the second set of data is different from the first set of data; and
synchronizing, with a second computer system different from the first computer system, the second set of data without synchronizing the first set of data.