Device migration

• US 9,426,031 B2
• Filed: 04/28/2014
• Issued: 08/23/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Baribault, Gregory, Morris, Larry A, Miller, John Mark
• Primary Examiner(s): DOAN, KIET M
• Application Number:
  US14/263,317
• Publication Number:
  US 20140229592A1
• Time in Patent Office: 848 Days
• Field of Search: 370/401, 370/230, 370/352, 455/404.1, 455/445, 455/466, 455/456.1, 455/418, 455/456.3, 455/411, 455/456.2, 455/404.2, 455/401, 455/456.5, 455/515, 455/458, 455/414.1, 705/26, 705/59, 705/7.15, 705/14.45, 709/206, 709/223
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0846 based on copy from other elements
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/554 Data synchronization
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2207/18 wireless networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42 Systems providing special services or facilities to subscribers specially adapted for wireless communication networks H04W4/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/24 Transfer of terminal data

Abstract

Personalization data such as settings and/or state is migrated across devices including mobile phones. Device personalizations are pushed to a cloud service or other mechanism for backup and subsequent transmission to other devices. The personalization data can later be employed to configure one or more other devices in the same manner as a first device.

Claims

1. A system configured to facilitate device provisioning, the system comprising:

a data store comprising memory configured to store personalizations for a first mobile communications device associated with a user; and

a storage medium storing thereon instructions that when executed by a processor of the system, cause the system to;

identify a second mobile communications device;

in response to a request to provision the second mobile communications device, determine a subset of the personalizations based on functionality of the second mobile communications device, the subset determined based at least in part on differences between device-supported functionality of the second mobile communications device and the personalizations for the first mobile communications device; and

transmit the subset of the personalizations to the second mobile communications device.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the personalizations stored in the memory are provisioned for a first mobile communications device for the user based on identity.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein second device is identified as a function of at least one of location or near field communication technologies.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the memory includes instructions that when executed by the processor of the system, cause the system to translate the personalizations from a first proprietary form to a second.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the memory includes instructions that when executed by the processor of the system, cause the system to transform the personalizations to a standard form.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the memory includes instructions that when executed by the processor of the system, cause the system to configure the second mobile communications device in accordance with the personalizations.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the memory includes instructions that when executed by the processor of the system, cause the system to partition personalizations as a function of multiple identities and/or personas associated with the user.

8. A method for facilitating device provisioning comprising:

storing, by a computing system, personalizations for a first mobile communications device associated with a user;

identifying, by the computing system, a second mobile communications device;

receiving, by the computing system, a request to provision the second mobile communications device;

determining, by the computing system, a subset of personalizations for a user based on functionality of the second mobile communications device, wherein the personalizations are initially provisioned for first mobile communications device and the subset is determined based at least in part on differences between device-supported functionality of the second mobile communications device and the personalizations for the first mobile communications device; and

transmitting the subset of the personalizations to the second mobile communications device.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the personalizations for the user are provisioned based on user identity.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein identifying further comprises identifying the second mobile communications device as a function of at least one of location or near field communication technologies.

11. The method of claim 8, further comprising translating the personalizations from a first proprietary form to a second.

12. The method of claim 8, further comprising transforming the personalizations to a standard form.

13. The method of claim 8, further comprising configuring the second mobile communications device in accordance with the personalizations.

14. The method of claim 8, further comprising partitioning personalizations as a function of multiple identities and/or personas associated with the user.

15. A memory storage device having stored thereon computer-executable instructions for performing operations comprising:

storing personalizations that are provisioned for a first mobile communications device for a user;

identifying a second mobile communications device;

receiving a request to provision the second mobile communications device;

responsive to the request, determining a subset of the personalizations based on functionality of the second mobile communications device, the subset determined based at least in part on differences between device-supported functionality of the second mobile communications device and the personalizations for the first mobile communications device; and

sending the subset of the personalizations to the second mobile communications device.

16. The memory storage device of claim 15, wherein the second mobile communications device is a mobile phone and wherein the subset of the personalizations is determined based on the second device having mobile phone functionality.

17. The memory storage device of claim 16, wherein the subset of the personalizations comprises at least one of contacts, ring tones, settings, preferences, or rules.

18. The memory storage device of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise translating the personalizations from a first proprietary form to a second.

19. The memory storage device of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise transforming the personalizations to a standard form.

20. The memory storage device of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise partitioning personalizations as a function of multiple identities and/or personas associated with the user.