Method and system for cloning applications from an electronic source device to an electronic target device

A method for providing an application to an electronic device, the method comprising:

• receiving, by a cloning agent in an application store service that provides a plurality of applications, a request to clone at least one application from a source electronic device to a target electronic device, the request including cloning data associated with the at least one application, wherein the cloning data includes information identifying the target electronic device, the at least one application, and at least one of configuration information and application data associated with the at least one application, and state information associated with the at least one application, wherein the state information defines operating parameters of the application, and wherein the request is received based on a selection, at a cloning agent in a source electronic device hosting the at least one application, of the at least one application by a user;
• determining, by the cloning agent, that the application store service provides a compatible version of the at least one application compatible with the target electronic device;
• updating the cloning data by replacing the at least one application with the compatible version of the at least one application;
• and
• transmitting, by the cloning agent, the updated cloning data to the target electronic device, wherein the target electronic device is configured to receive the updated cloning data and to utilize at least a portion of the updated cloning data to clone in the compatible version of the at least one application into the target electronic device.

A method for providing an application to an electronic device, the method comprising:

• receiving, at a cloning agent in a source electronic device hosting a plurality of applications, a selection of at least one of a first set of applications from a user;
• collecting, by the source electronic device, cloning data associated with the at least one of the first set of applications, wherein the cloning data includes the at least one of the first set of applications, at least one of configuration information, and application data associated with the at least one of the first set of applications, and state information associated with the at least one of the first set of applications, wherein the state information defines operating parameters of the application;
• and
• transmitting, by the cloning agent, at least a portion of the cloning data to a target electronic device, wherein the target electronic device is configured to receive and utilize at least a portion of the cloning data to clone the at least one of the first set of applications into the target electronic device.