Patent ID: 8291042
Filing Date: 2012-10-16
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: an arrangement for affording, at an originating computer in a group of connected computers, a transfer of runtime information in memory comprising a file and an application state of an application utilized to process the file to at least one target computer in the group, the application state including an application identifier, a file identifier of the file being accessed by the application, and user preferences related to the application; and an arrangement for effecting a transfer of the runtime information in memory, serialized into a sequence of bits and moved as a unit, from the originating computer to the at least one target computer via a graphical manipulation conducted at the originating computer; wherein said arrangement for affording a transfer acts to transfer runtime information in memory such that processing of the file restarts locally at the at least one target computer.