Device migration
AssigneeMicrosoft Technology Licensing, LLC
InventorsGregory Baribault, Larry A. Morris, John Mark Miller
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Abstract
Personalization data such as settings and/or state is migrated across devices including mobile phones. Device personalizations are pushed to a cloud service or other mechanism for backup and subsequent transmission to other devices. The personalization data can later be employed to configure one or more other devices in the same manner as a first device.
Claims20
A method for facilitating device provisioning, comprising:
- identifying, by a remote device, a mobile communication device, wherein the mobile communication device stores personalizations associated with a user, wherein functionality of the remote device is reduced relative to functionality of the mobile communication device, the functionality including display functionality and processing functionality;
- establishing a communication channel with the mobile communication device to provision the remote device;
- receiving a subset of the personalizations from the mobile communication device, wherein the mobile communication device is configured to determine the subset of the personalizations for the user based on the functionality of the remote device;
- and
- in response to receipt of the subset of the personalizations, provisioning the remote device using the subset of personalizations.
A remote device, comprising:
- a processor;
- a wireless communication interface configured to support communications between the remote device and a mobile communication device, wherein functionality of the remote device is reduced relative to functionality of the mobile communication device, the functionality including display functionality and processing functionality;
- and
- a memory storing computer-executable instructions which, when executed the processor, cause the remote device to
- utilize the wireless communication interface to communicate with the mobile communication device over a wireless communication channel, and
- acquire data from the mobile communication device over the wireless communication channel, wherein the acquired data comprises a subset of personalizations that are stored on the mobile communication device, and wherein the subset is determined based on the functionality of the remote device.
One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions which, when executed by a remote device cause the remote device to:
- enable identification of the remote device by a mobile communication device, wherein functionality of the remote device is reduced relative to functionality of the mobile communication device, the functionality including display functionality and processing functionality;
- migrate personalizations from the mobile communication device to the remote device over a wireless communication channel that is established between the remote device and the mobile communication device, wherein the personalizations are associated with a user and are selected for migration based on the functionality of the remote device, and wherein the migrated personalizations include applications or data;
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- provision the remote device using the migrated personalizations so that the applications or data are synchronized between the remote device and the mobile communication device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.