Patent ID: 8819798
Filing Date: 2014-08-26
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving an instruction to transfer a state of a first device to a second device; packaging information relating to the state of the first device in a file, the packaging of the information relating to the state of the first device including recording each application executing on the first device in a list maintained in the file, the list further including locations from which each of the applications be downloaded; determining a type of connection to transfer the state of the device based on the connections available to the first device and the second device; and transferring the file containing information relating to state of the first device to the second device using the connection type, with the file, when processed by the second device, causing the second device to reproduce the state of the first device, reproducing the state of the first device including the second device downloading, from one or more of the locations one or more of the applications based on a determination that the one or more of the applications are not installed on the second device, and installing the one or more of the applications on the second device.