System and Method for Access of User Accounts on Remote Servers

摘要

In certain embodiments, the system of the invention automatically replicates a user's personal computing environment and provides associated remote server access using authentication credentials and data files supplied by a local handheld device as coordinated by session level software common to the handheld device, the replicated system, the system on which the replication occurs, and the remote servers. The application enables a handheld computing device to transfer a user's various online account credentials to a user's other computing devices securely and automatically. Thereafter the other computing device accesses a user's cloud-based storage and various on-line accounts and also pulls selected documents, bookmarks and related information directly from a user's handheld. The other computing device thereby essentially becomes a clone of a user's primary personal computer, complete with bookmarks, email account access, documents in a user's desktop and My Documents folder, pictures, music, and on-line content subscription access.

主权项

1. A method for replicating a user profile and enabling remote services on an internet coupled device (ICD), the method comprising:
providing, on a handheld computing device, a first application program which manages a plurality of data files and plurality of credentials associated with a user of the handheld computing device; receiving, at the handheld computing device, authorization from the user to establish a secure short range wireless personal area network session between the handheld computing device and an ICD; establishing, in response to the authorization, a secure short range wireless personal area network session between the handheld computing device and the ICD; transmitting, to a second application program on the ICD, credentials for accessing a plurality of services via remote servers, the second application program having at least one module in common with the first application program; transmitting, to the second application program on the ICD, a plurality of data files not related to credentials which define a plurality of preferences uniquely associated with the user, said data files being associated with a plurality of different application programs; transmitting, to each of the plurality of remote servers on a communication channel independent of the personal area network, a request to authorize the ICD to access the account of the user; periodically transmitting, to each of the ICD and the remote servers, a request to maintain the authorization for the personal area network or a request to maintain the ICD's access to the account of the user; and transmitting, in response to a user command, a command to terminate the session.