Patent ID: 7623892
Filing Date: 2009-11-24
Classification: H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A computing device comprising: a communication port; and one or more processors configured to: establish a communication link with an associate device communicatively coupled with the communication port, detect an event corresponding to a switchover of an operation from a first application operating directly on the associate device to a second application operating directly on the computing device, acquire through the communication link, in response to detecting the event, state information corresponding to (1) a first state of use of the first application operational on the associate device, the first state of use reflecting the operation performed on the associate device and (2) a state of use of one or more application resources on the associate device, and perform one or more actions at the computing device on the second application, in response to acquiring the state information, for placing the second application in a second state of use equivalent to the first state of use, the one or more actions including: