Logical migration of applications and data

• US 10,209,975 B2
• Filed: 12/22/2014
• Issued: 02/19/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 08/27/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Nichols, David A., McKelvie, Samuel J., Virk, Navjot, Dickson, Mathew J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Sun, Michael
• Application Number:
  US14/579,621
• Publication Number:
  US 20150113523A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,520 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/4451 User profiles; Roaming
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46

Abstract

Implementations are described of a computing device that migrates data and software applications from a first computing device to a second computing device, in order to preserve data and other application-related customizations.

Claims

1. A method implemented by a computing device, comprising:

receiving, responsive to detecting an update to a software application, data associated with the software application from a first computing device, the data comprising one or more of;

files, settings, or customizations that are associated with the software application installed in the first computing device;

determining an installation version of the software application having a compatibility with a second computing device, the compatibility being based on a customized setting for the second computing device; and

causing an installation of the data and the installation version of the software application to the second computing device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the customized setting comprises a hardware and software setup as desired by the user to be installed in the second computing device.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving a request to migrate the software application and the data from the first computing device to the second computing device prior to determining the installation version of the software application.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising extracting and storing updates of the data from the first computing device in a periodic basis.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising tracking changes in the data of the software application installed in the first computing device and adopting the changes when causing the installation of the software application to the second computing device.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing the data from the first computing device in response to detecting a presence of one or more updates in the software application.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the installation version of the software application comprises the one or more updates in the software application.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the customized setting comprises settings and customizations from the first computing device.

9. A system, comprising:

one or more processors;

memory;

a data storage component stored in the memory and executable by the one or more processors to store data associated with a software application received from a first computing device, the data comprising one or more of;

files, settings, or customizations that are associated with the software application installed in the first computing device, wherein the data storage component stores the data associated with the software application responsive to detecting an update to the software application;

a system configurator component stored in the memory and executable by the one or more processors to;

determine an installation version of the software application having a compatibility with a second computing device, the compatibility being based on a customized setting for the second computing device; and

cause an installation of the data and the installation version of the software application to the second computing device.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the customized setting comprises a hardware and software setup as desired by the user to be installed on the second computing device.

11. The system of claim 9, further comprising receiving a request to migrate the software application and the data from the first computing device to the second computing device prior to determining the installation version of the software application.

12. The system of claim 9, wherein the data storage component further extracts and stores updates of the data from the first computing device on a periodic basis.

13. The system of claim 9, wherein the system configurator component tracks changes in the data of the software application installed in the first computing device and adopts the changes when causing the installation of the software application to the second computing device.

14. The system of claim 9, wherein the data storage component further stores the data from the first computing device in response to detecting a presence of one or more updates in the software application.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the installation version of the software application comprises the one or more updates in the software application.

16. A computer readable medium, embodied in one or more device-readable media storing executable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform acts comprising:

receiving, responsive to detecting an update to a software application, data associated with the software application from a first computing device, the data comprising one or more of;

files, settings, or customizations that are associated with the software application installed in the first computing device;

determining an installation version of the software application having a compatibility with a second computing device, the compatibility being based on a customized setting for the second computing device; and

causing an installation of the data and the installation version of the software application to the second computing device.

17. The one or more device-readable media of claim 16, wherein the customized setting comprises a hardware and software setup as desired by the user to be installed in the second computing device.

18. The one or more device-readable media of claim 16, the acts further comprising receiving a request to migrate the software application and the data from the first computing device to the second computing device prior to determining the installation version of the software application.

19. The one or more device-readable media of claim 16, the acts further comprising extracting and storing updates of the data from the first computing device in a periodic basis.

20. The one or more device-readable media of claim 16, the acts further comprising tracking changes in the data of the software application installed in the first computing device and adopting the changes when causing the installation of the software application to the second computing device.

21. The one or more device-readable media of claim 16, the acts further comprising storing the data from the first computing device in response to detecting a presence of one or more updates in the software application.