Transferring Device States Between Multiple Devices

A system comprising:

• a non-transitory computer-readable medium;
• and
• program instructions stored on the non-transitory computer-readable medium and executable by at least one processor to cause a wearable computer to:
• receive an instruction to load a device-group snapshot, wherein the device-group snapshot comprises a device state for each of a plurality of devices in a source device group, wherein device states for the plurality of devices in the source device group comprise:
• (1) a device state of the wearable computer and (2) a device state of a second computer, and wherein the device state of the wearable computer indicates that one or more applications are open on the wearable computer and the device state of the second computer does not indicate that the one or more applications are open on the second computer, and wherein the one or more applications open on the wearable computer comprise at least one of the following:
• (i) a word-processor application and (ii) a spreadsheet application;
• responsive to receipt of the instruction to load the device-group snapshot, determine a target device group comprising one or more devices that are available to load the device-group snapshot, wherein the one or more devices available to load the device-group snapshot are configured to open the one or more applications that comprise at least one of the following:
• (i) the word-processor application and (ii) the spreadsheet application;
• determine that there is a difference between the target device group and the source device group;
• modify the device-group snapshot based on the difference between the target device group and the source device group, wherein the modified device-group snapshot comprises a device state for each of the devices in the target device group;
• and
• communicate with the one or more devices in the target device group to load the corresponding device states from the modified device-group snapshot.

A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored therein program instructions executable by a first computing device to cause the first computing device to perform functions comprising:

• receiving a user instruction to load a device-group snapshot, wherein the device-group snapshot comprises a device state for a plurality of devices in a source device group, wherein the device states for the plurality of devices in the source device group comprise:
• (1) a device state of the first computing device and (2) a device state of a second computing device, and wherein the device state of the first computing device indicates that one or more applications are open on the first computing device and the device state of the second computing device does not indicate that the one or more applications are open on the second computing device, and wherein the one or more applications open on the first computing device comprise at least one of the following:
• (i) a word-processor application and (ii) a spreadsheet application;
• responsive to receipt of the instruction to load the device-group snapshot, determining a target device group comprising one or more devices that are available to load the device-group snapshot, wherein the one or more devices available to load the device-group snapshot are configured to open the one or more applications that comprise at least one of the following:
• (i) the word-processor application, and (ii) the spreadsheet application;
• determining that there is a difference between the target device group and the source device group;
• modifying the device-group snapshot based on the difference between the target device group and the source device group, wherein the modified device-group snapshot comprises a device state for each of the devices in the target device group;
• communicating with the one or more devices in the target device group to load the corresponding device states from the modified device-group snapshot.