Cross-platform native personalized experiences

A system for providing a consistent cross-platform experience, comprising:

• a memory for storing executable program code;
• and
• one or more processors, functionally coupled to the memory, the one or more processors being responsive to computer-executable instructions contained in the program code and operative to:
• maintain a mapping component for mapping a personalization state of a displayable user experience element on a first computing device to a second computing device, wherein the first and second computing devices operate on separate platforms, and wherein the first computing device operates on a first hardware configuration having first display capabilities, and the second computing device operates on a second hardware configuration having second display capabilities;
• determining whether a direct connection between the first computing device and the second computing device is available;
• if a direct connection is available:
• identifying a personalization state of the displayable user experience element on the second computing device;
• comparing the identified personalization state of the displayable user experience element on the second computing device to the personalization state of the displayable user experience element on the first computing device;
• determining, via the direct connection based on the comparison, that the personalization state of the displayable user experience element on the second computing device has been modified from a first user experience element to a second user experience element in a first format,
• determining that the second user experience element cannot be displayed in the first format by the first computing device,
• transforming the second user experience element from the first format to a second format that can be displayed by the first computing device, and
• automatically modifying, based on the determination that the personalization state of the displayable user experience element has been modified on the second computing device, a user experience element on the first computing device to the second user experience element in the second format;
• and
• if a direct connection is not available:
• determining, via a saved state of the second computing device, that the personalization state of the displayable user experience element on the second computing device has been modified to a saved state, and
• automatically modifying, based on the determination that the personalization state of the displayable user experience element has been modified on the second computing device, the personalization state of the user experience element of the first computing device to the saved state.

A computer-readable storage device comprising executable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, assists with providing a consistent cross-platform experience, the computer-readable storage device including instructions executable by the one or more processors for:

• maintaining a mapping component for mapping a plurality of personalized user experience elements for a plurality of computing devices, wherein each of the plurality of computing devices operates on a separate platform, and wherein a first one of the plurality of computing devices operates on a first hardware configuration having first display capabilities, and a second one of the plurality of computing devices operates on a second hardware configuration having second display capabilities;
• identifying a personalization state of each of the plurality of personalized user experience elements on the second one of the plurality of computing devices;
• comparing the identified personalization state of each of the plurality of personalized user experience elements from the second one of the plurality of computing devices to a personalization state of each corresponding one of a plurality of personalized user experience elements on the first one of the plurality of computing devices;
• determining, by the first one of the plurality of computing devices based on the comparison, that a displayable user experience element on the second one of the plurality of computing devices has been modified from a first user experience element to a second user experience element in a first format;
• determining that the second user experience element cannot be displayed in the first format by the first one of the plurality of computing devices;
• transforming the second user experience element from the first format to a second format that can be displayed by the first one of the plurality of computing devices;
• and
• automatically modifying, based on the determination that the displayable user experience element on the second one of the plurality of computing devices has been modified, a user experience element on the first one of the plurality of computing devices to the second user experience element in the second format.