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 system configured to facilitate device provisioning, the system comprising:
- a data store comprising memory configured to store personalizations for a first mobile communications device associated with a user;
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- a storage medium storing thereon instructions that when executed by a processor of the system, cause the system to:
- identify a second mobile communications device;
- in response to a request to provision the second mobile communications device, determine a subset of the personalizations based on functionality of the second mobile communications device, the subset determined based at least in part on differences between device-supported functionality of the second mobile communications device and the personalizations for the first mobile communications device;
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- transmit the subset of the personalizations to the second mobile communications device.
A method for facilitating device provisioning comprising:
- storing, by a computing system, personalizations for a first mobile communications device associated with a user;
- identifying, by the computing system, a second mobile communications device;
- receiving, by the computing system, a request to provision the second mobile communications device;
- determining, by the computing system, a subset of personalizations for a user based on functionality of the second mobile communications device, wherein the personalizations are initially provisioned for first mobile communications device and the subset is determined based at least in part on differences between device-supported functionality of the second mobile communications device and the personalizations for the first mobile communications device;
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- transmitting the subset of the personalizations to the second mobile communications device.
A memory storage device having stored thereon computer-executable instructions for performing operations comprising:
- storing personalizations that are provisioned for a first mobile communications device for a user;
- identifying a second mobile communications device;
- receiving a request to provision the second mobile communications device;
- responsive to the request, determining a subset of the personalizations based on functionality of the second mobile communications device, the subset determined based at least in part on differences between device-supported functionality of the second mobile communications device and the personalizations for the first mobile communications device;
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- sending the subset of the personalizations to the second mobile communications device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.