Patent ID: 7676583

Claim:
A method for providing continuity of at least one online session between a server and at least one remote session client, the method comprising: participating in the at least one online session by a first session client, wherein participation by the first session client includes receiving and accumulating a plurality of session information for the at least one online session from the server; initiating, by the first session client, a transfer of the plurality of session information for the at least one online session to a second session client operating within a session device so as to enable the second session client to seamlessly continue the at least one online session in place of the first session client after the transfer of the session information; determining, by the second session client, whether a user is in close proximity to the session device without interaction with the session device by the user; and retrieving, by the second session client, latest information associated with the at least one online session when the user is determined to be in close proximity to the session device, wherein at least one of the first session client and the second session client operates within a mobile wireless device.