Remote Delta Link Objects for Portal Content Synchronization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional solutions for sharing content between portals are inefficient, as they either disconnect content from its source, require frequent updates across multiple portals, or lack customization options, leading to maintenance burdens and reduced availability.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of remote delta link objects that automatically reflect changes from a producer portal to a consumer portal, allowing for customization without affecting the source content, while preserving modifications made on the consumer portal.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If content is copied from a remote portal to a local portal, then content sharing between portals is enabled, but the copied content becomes disconnected from the source and requires manual recopying to synchronize updates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a local copy of remote portal content on the consumer portal, but unlike conventional solutions, this copy maintains a dynamic link to the source. The copy mechanism includes inheritance relationships where the local content object can automatically retrieve updates from the remote source while preserving local customizations.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements automatic synchronization where changes to source content on the producer portal are automatically detected and propagated to the consumer portal. This feedback mechanism ensures that local content remains synchronized with remote source without manual intervention, eliminating the need for administrators to recopy content.
2Adaptability or versatility
If content is shared between multiple portals, then content accessibility is improved, but updates to one portal necessitate upgrades to all other portals in the network
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the content management system into independent producer portals and consumer portals. Each portal operates independently with its own content objects, allowing individual portals to be updated, upgraded, or modified without affecting others. The segmentation is maintained through structured relationships that enable selective content sharing rather than requiring synchronized updates across the entire network.
3Reliability
If remote content is copied to a local portal, then content sharing is enabled, but customization of the content on the local portal is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent enables local quality by allowing consumer portals to customize their local content objects while maintaining the inheritance relationship with remote sources. Administrators can modify attributes, add local content objects, and customize the presentation of shared content without breaking the connection to the source. This creates a hierarchy where local customizations coexist with remote content integrity.
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AI summary
Techniques for sharing content between portals. A producer portal may identify content to be shared with one or more consumer portals. One or more of the shared content objects may then be copied to a consumer portal as remote delta link objects. Changes or modifications to the source object at the producer portal are automatically reflected in the corresponding target remote delta link object on the consumer portal. Any modifications or customizations made to the remote delta link object at the consumer portal override those of the producer's source object. In this manner, changes made to the second object are reflected in the first object while preserving the changes/modifications made to the first object on the first portal.