Patent ID: 7979087

Claim:
A method for switching use between a first computing device and a second computing device, the method comprising: establishing a communication link between the first computing device and the second computing device; detecting at the second computing device an event corresponding to a switchover of an operation from the first computing device to the second computing device; receiving, in response to detecting the event, at the second computing device through the communication link, information comprising: (1) identification of a first application resource on the first computing device used by a first application performing the operation on the first computing device, and (2) state of the first application using the first application resource; and performing, in response to receiving the information, at the second computing device actions for continuing the operation on the second computing device, comprising: (1) identifying a second application resource on the second computing device corresponding to the first application resource on the first computing device based on the identification of the first application resource, and (2) placing a second application in a state of using the second application resource based on the state of the first application using the first application resource, the second application corresponding to the first application.