Apparatus and method for transferring information between platforms
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for relocating application programs, settings, menus, files and documents from a source computer to a target computer. The method and apparatus function properly regardless of whether the source and target computers have the same hardware or operating system. The method includes scanning the source and target machines for all applications programs, settings, menus, files, and documents in order to create a relocation strategy. The relocation strategy is created in view of pre-programmed selection rules or selection rules created by the user. The strategy is then implemented by copying, replacing or merging data from the source machine to the target machine.
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2. A computer-implemented method of transferring given information between a source computer and a target computer coupled to said source computer, wherein the given information on each of the source and target computers at least includes an information item, the information item on the source computer comprising a first set of sub-items, and the information item of the target computer comprising a second set of sub-items, said method comprising:
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(a) receiving at the target computer, at least one sub-item from the first set of sub-items; and
(b) selectively replacing at least one sub-item from the second set of sub-items with the sub-item received in element (a), while leaving one or more sub-items in the second set of sub-items unchanged. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer migration program for causing the transfer of given information between a source computer and a target computer coupled to said source computer, wherein the given information on each of the source and target computers at least includes an information item, the information item on the source computer comprising a first set of sub-items, and the information item of the target computer comprising a second set of sub-items, said program comprising:
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(a) receiving at the target computer, at least one sub-item from the first set of sub-items; and
(b) selectively replacing at least one sub-item from the second set of sub-items with the sub-item received in element (a), while leaving one or more sub-items in the second set of sub-items unchanged. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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