TRANSFERRING USER SETTINGS FROM ONE DEVICE TO ANOTHER

摘要

A cloud-based computer system changes the modern paradigm from being device-centric to being person-centric. The system makes all user data, settings, and licensed content for a user available in the cloud. This allows transferring user settings from a first device to a second device that is of the same type. A conversion mechanism also allows converting user settings for a first device to corresponding user settings for a second device that is of a different type. In addition to transferring user settings from the cloud, the user settings for the first device can be transferred to an external memory device, which may then be removed and connected to a second device, which can then use the user settings on the external memory device to program the second device.

主权项

1. A computer system comprising:
at least one processor; a memory coupled to the at least one processor; first user settings corresponding to a user for a first device; a conversion mechanism executed by the at least one processor, the conversion mechanism converting the first user settings for the first device to corresponding second user settings for the user for a second device; and a software mechanism executed by the at least one processor that downloads the second user settings to the second device.