APPLICATION INSTALL AND LAYOUT SYNCING

摘要

Embodiments described herein relate to synchronizing configuration information between devices associated with a user. The synchronized configuration information can relate to application installations and uninstallations as well as to user modifications to user interfaces for managing and invoking the applications. For example, layouts of application representations provided by respective application launchers on a user's respective devices are kept automatically synchronized when the user modifies any of the layouts. Installations and uninstallations are similarly synchronized between the user's devices. Installations and uninstallations that might stem from synchronization may be circumscribed in various ways, such as by allowing the user to specify whether specific applications are to be installed/uninstalled only on specific devices or globally, by filtering propagation of synchronization updates according to hardware or software features and incompatibilities, or others.

主权项

1. A method of synchronizing application installations between devices, the method comprising:
linking, at a network service, user devices associated with a user; and in accordance with the linking, synchronizing application installations and uninstallations through the network service between the user devices, wherein when an application is installed or uninstalled from one user device the synchronizing causes the application to be installed or uninstalled at another user device.