Patent ID: 7913250

Claim:
A server management system for migrating a user state of a computing device from a source computing device to a destination computing device, comprising: (a) a plurality of state migration points (“SMP”) suitable for securely storing the user state of said source computing device in a state migration point directory (“SMP directory”); (b) a plurality of management points (“MP”) suitable for storing association information, wherein each association information comprises the identity of the source computing device, including a MAC address of the source computing device with an identity of the destination computing device, including a MAC address of the destination computing device, wherein the MAC address of the destination computing device is stored in a cookie, and a list of said plurality of SMP's (c) one or more software modules for: (i) selecting one of said plurality of MPs to acquire and populate the association information; and (ii) polling the SMP's on said list to locate a SMP having a capacity to store the user state of said source computing device in the SMP directory of the SMP being polled, transferring the user state of said source computing device to said SMP directory of said SMP for secure storage in said SMP directory; and (iii) receiving a request from said destination computing device for the user state, authenticating that said destination computing device matches the identity of said destination computing device associated with the identity of said source computing device, wherein authenticating that said destination computing device matches the identity of said destination computing device comprises referencing the MAC address of the destination computing device stored in the cookie, and as a result of authenticating, transferring the user state of said source computing device securely stored in said SMP directory to said destination computing device.