Patent ID: 9380123
Filing Date: 2016-06-28
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W,Y02D

Claim Text:
1. A method, comprising: in a companion electronic device, performing operations for: receiving, from a source electronic device, an advertisement message that includes information about a first activity being performed in a first application at the source electronic device, wherein the information about the first activity comprises a value that is determined based at least in part on an activity descriptor for the first activity; determining that a second application in the companion electronic device is available for continuing the first activity, the continuing comprising commencing a second activity in the second application based on a current state of the first activity so that a state of the second activity corresponds to the current state of the first activity; requesting, from the source electronic device, extended activity data that comprises information about the current state of the first activity, wherein extended activity data comprises activity-related information comprising one or more of: state information that describes a state of the first application and external information about resources used for performing the activity; upon receiving the extended activity data from the source electronic device, using the extended activity data to configure the second application to commence the second activity so that the state of the second activity corresponds to the current state of the first activity; and commencing the second activity in the second application.