Client-server synchronization pattern / algorithm?

Question

I have a feeling that there must be client-server synchronization patterns out there. But i totally failed to google up one.

Situation is quite simple - server is th

Answer 1

For delta (change) sync, you can use pubsub pattern to publish changes back to all subscribed clients, services like pusher can do this.

For database mirror, some web frameworks use a local mini database to sync server side database to local in browser database, partial synchronization is supported. Check meteror.