Transferring state information between electronic devices

摘要

Some embodiments enable a first electronic device (e.g., a notebook computer) to obtain state information directly from another electronic device (e.g., a smartphone) so that the first electronic device may replicate a state of content of the other computing device. This is useful when a user of an electronic device desires to switch between one device and another device such that the user may continue an activity (e.g., playing a video game) on another device without having to restart the activity. This is also useful when a user of a first electronic device attempts to replicate the state of the activity on a second device from another user such that both users may participate in the same activity. In some embodiments, a user of a device may obtain content from a server and state information from another device to replicate the state of content on the other device.

主权项

1. A method of enabling an electronic device to generate data for display corresponding to a state of content on a portable computing device, the method comprising:
receiving a device identifier associated with the portable computing device; transmitting a data request to a location associated with the device identifier, the request including identifying information of the electronic device; communicating with the portable computing device using the electronic device identifying information; receiving content related to the data request from the portable computing device; receiving state information related to the data request from the portable computing device; and generating data for display on the electronic device using the content and the state information, wherein data displayed on the electronic device replicates data displayed on the portable computing device.