Apparatus and methods for facilitating context handoff between devices in a cloud based wireless personal area network

摘要

An apparatus obtains application state information for another device and displays a login screen on a display that provides information for at least one application running on the other device. The information displayed may be an icon corresponding to an application running on the other device. The application state information may include an application identifier, a content identifier and a pointer to a location at which a given content is accessed by the application. An apparatus includes a display, application state monitor logic, operative to obtain application state information for another device, and login screen configuration logic, operatively coupled to the display. The login screen configuration logic is operative to configure a login screen on the display to provide information for at least one application running on the other device, based on the application state information for the other device obtained by the application state monitor logic.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
receiving, from a server at a second device, a first peer table, the first peer table including first application state information for a first application running on a first device, wherein the first application state information includes a first device profile for the first device, a first hardware address for the first device, and first context activity information for the first device; providing, from the second device to the server, second application state information for a second application running on the second device, wherein the second application state information includes a second device profile for the second device, a second hardware address for the second device, and second context activity information for the second device; after providing the second application state information to the server, receiving, from the server at the second device, a second peer table, the second peer table including the first application state information for the first application running on the first device and the second application state information for the second application running on the second device; and causing a login screen to be displayed on a display of the second device, the login screen providing information for the first application, based on the first application state information.