# US 11,907,257 B2 · System and method for duplicating an application state > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,907,257 B2 - Document ID: US11907257B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/958,974 - Filed: 2022-10-03 - Published: 2023-01-26 - Granted: 2024-02-20 - Earliest claimed: 2015-10-01 - Assignees: Royal Bank of Canada - Applicants: Royal Bank of Canada - Inventors: Philip Iannaccone; Walter Michael Pitio; James Brown - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11907257B2 ## CPC - G06F 9/451: Execution arrangements for user interfaces - G06F 8/38: for implementing user interfaces - G06F 16/27: Replication, distribution or synchronisation of data between databases or within a distributed database system; Distributed database system architectures therefor - H04L 67/1095: Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract A computer system and computer-implemented method for duplicating an application state are provided, the method including: recording one or more point-in-time characteristics generated by prior user inputs at one or more user interface elements, the one or more point-in-time characteristics associated with a first application state of a first application instance; transferring the one or more point-in-time characteristics to the provisioned memory resources for generating the second application state; generating a second application instance based on the one or more point-in-time characteristics; configuring the second application state based on the one or more point-in-time characteristics to duplicate the first application state of the first application instance; and storing the prior user inputs in a journal, wherein the journal is configured to enable reproduction of a state of a plurality of modified states of the first application instance. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A computer-implemented method for duplicating an application state, the method comprising: recording one or more point-in-time characteristics generated by prior user inputs at one or more user interface elements, the one or more point-in-time characteristics associated with a first application state of a first application instance, the recording comprising: parsing underlying code of the first application instance to identify the one or more point-in-time characteristics generated by the prior user inputs that led to the first application state; and provisioning memory resources to support a second application state; transferring the one or more point-in-time characteristics to the provisioned memory resources for generating the second application state; storing the prior user inputs in a journal, wherein the journal is configured to enable reproduction of a respective application state based on each of a plurality of modified states of the first application instance, each respective application state from the plurality of modified states based on at least a subset of the one or more point-in-time characteristics generated by the prior user inputs; generating, using at least one of the stored prior user inputs in the journal, a second application instance having the second application state based on a first subset of the one or more point-in-time characteristics; configuring the second application state based on the first subset of the one or more point-in-time characteristics to duplicate the first application state of the first application instance; and wherein the generated second application instance has a subset of state information from the first application state of the first application instance based on the first subset of the one or more point-in-time characteristics. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the recording of the one or more point-in-time characteristics comprises generating a uniform resource locator (URL) adapted to store at least (i) application information and (ii) one or more status information data elements; wherein the recording comprises initiating a copy of the first application instance, wherein the application information is interpreted during the initiating to determine which application to initiate; and wherein the one or more status information data elements are interpreted during the transferring to convey state information for the second application instance. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the first application instance includes at least one application subcomponent. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The method of claim 3, wherein the application subcomponent consists of a component selected from the group comprising of Flash, Hypertext Markup Language 5 (HTML5), Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX), PHP; Hypertext Preprocessor (PHP), and ActiveX components. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the first application state is provided in relation to at least one of a group comprising a Sankey graph, a bubble graph, and a transaction view. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the first application state is hosted within a secure session, the method further comprising: duplicating one or more security credentials from the first application state to the second application state of the second application instance. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the one or more point-in-time characteristics is representative of one or more customizations to one or more graph display components. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein each of one or more point-in-time characteristics is representative of a corresponding plurality of one or more customizations to one or more graph display components. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein each of the one or more point-in-time characteristics is updated periodically to match modifications to the first application state over a period of time. ### Claim 10 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein the first application instance is associated with the URL to spawn the second application instance. ### Claim 11 A computer-implemented system configured for duplicating an application state, the system comprising: a processor; a memory coupled to the processor and storing processor readable instructions that, when executed, configure the processor to: record one or more point-in-time characteristics generated by prior user inputs at one or more user interface elements, the one or more point-in-time characteristics associated with a first application state of a first application instance, the recording comprising: parsing underlying code of the first application instance to identify the one or more point-in-time characteristics generated by the prior user inputs that led to the first application state; and provisioning memory resources to support a second application state; transfer the one or more point-in-time characteristics to the provisioned memory resources for generating the second application state; store the prior user inputs in a journal wherein the journal is configured to enable reproduction of a respective application state based on each of a plurality of modified states of the first application instance, each respective application state from the plurality of modified states based on at least a subset of the one or more point-in-time characteristics generated by the prior user inputs; generate, using at least one of the stored prior user inputs in the journal, a second application instance having the second application state based on a first subset of the one or more point-in-time characteristics; configure the second application state based on the first subset of the one or more point-in-time characteristics to duplicate the first application state of the first application instance; and wherein the generated second application instance has a subset of state information from the first application state of the first application instance based on the first subset of the one or more point-in-time characteristics. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11, wherein the processor readable instructions, when executed, configure the processor to record the one or more point-in-time characteristics by generating a uniform resource locator (URL) adapted to store at least (i) application information and (ii) one or more status information data elements; wherein the recording comprises initiating a copy of the first application instance, wherein the application information is interpreted during the initiating to determine which application to initiate; and wherein the one or more status information data elements are interpreted during the transferring to convey state information for the second application instance. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11, wherein the first application instance includes at least one application subcomponent. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The system of claim 13, wherein the application subcomponent consists of a component selected from the group comprising of Flash, Hypertext Markup Language 5 (HTML5), Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX), PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor (PHP), and ActiveX components. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11, wherein the first application state is provided in relation to at least one of a group comprising a Sankey graph, a bubble graph, and a transaction view. ### Claim 16 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11, wherein the first application state is duplicated to a second device from the first application state that is hosted on a first device. ### Claim 17 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11, wherein the first application state is hosted within a secure session, the processor readable instructions, when executed, configure the processor to: duplicate the one or more security credentials from the first application state to the second application state of the second application instance. ### Claim 18 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11, wherein each of the one or more point-in-time characteristics is representative of a corresponding plurality of one or more customizations to one or more graph display components. ### Claim 19 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11, wherein each of the one or more point-in-time characteristics is updated periodically to match modifications to the first application state over a period of time. ### Claim 20 A computer-implemented non-transitory computer readable medium storing computer readable instructions, which when executed, cause a processor to perform: recording one or more point-in-time characteristics generated by prior user inputs at one or more user interface elements, the one or more point-in-time characteristics associated with a first application state of a first application instance, the recording comprising: parsing underlying code of the first application instance to identify the one or more point-in-time characteristics generated by the prior user inputs that led to the first application state; and provisioning memory resources to support a second application state; transferring the one or more point-in-time characteristics to the provisioned memory resources for generating the second application state; storing the prior user inputs in a journal, wherein the journal is configured to enable reproduction of a respective application state based on each of a plurality of modified states of the first application instance, each respective application state from the plurality of modified states based on at least a subset of the one or more point-in-time characteristics generated by the prior user inputs; generating, using at least one of the stored prior user inputs in the journal, a second application instance having the second application state based on a first subset of the one or more point-in-time characteristics; configuring the second application state based on the first subset of the one or more point-in-time characteristics to duplicate the first application state of the first application instance; and wherein the generated second application instance has a subset of state information from the first application state of the first application instance based on the first subset of the one or more point-in-time characteristics.