Patent ID: 9723085
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: A61F,A63F,H04L

Claim:
1. A computer-based method for transferring user interactions with an online content item to a computer program accessible by a user device, said method implemented using an application server in communication with a memory, said method comprising: hosting, on the application server, a plurality of remote interaction sessions with an interactive online content item associated with a computer program, wherein each remote interaction session includes a session state; receiving, by the application server, a first token to be associated with a remote interaction session; determining a first remote interaction session, from the plurality of remote interaction sessions, not previously associated with any token; associating, by the application server, the first token with the first remote interaction session, wherein the first token uniquely identifies the first remote interaction session; receiving, from a user device, one or more remote user interactions with the interactive online content item; updating the session state for the first remote interaction session based on the one or more user interactions; receiving, from the user device, a request for the session state for the first remote interaction session after the computer program becomes accessible for local use by the user device, wherein the request for the session state includes the first token; retrieving, by the application server, the session state for the first remote interaction session responsive to receipt of the first token in the request; and transmitting, to the user device, the session state for the first session to be applied to local execution of the computer program.