Data locker synchronization

• US 9,432,438 B2
• Filed: 06/18/2015
• Issued: 08/30/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Inventors: Frazzini, Michael Anthony, Evans, Ethan Zane
• Primary Examiner(s): TORIMIRO, ADETOKUNBO OLUSEGUN
• Application Number:
  US14/743,084
• Publication Number:
  US 20150295989A1
• Time in Patent Office: 439 Days
• Field of Search: 463/9, 463/12, 463/20, 463/25, 463/42, 463/43
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/554 by saving game or status data
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 9/24 Electric games; Games using electronic circuits not otherwise provided for video games A63F13/00; computerized gaming systems G07F17/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1085 involving dynamic management of active down- or uploading connections
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1095 Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/131 Protocols for games, networked simulations or virtual reality
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/142 Managing session states for stateless protocols; Signalling session states; State transitions; Keeping-state mechanisms

Abstract

Disclosed are various embodiments enabling a saved state of an application to be stored at a central location and to be retrieved by multiple computing devices executing the application. Accordingly, saved states of applications and interfaces are also enabled to follow a user from one personal computing device to the next.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

obtaining, by a processor of at least one computing device from a data store, a state data file for a first application with respect to a first media file from an entitlement locker corresponding to a current user, wherein the state data file indicates a bookmark position in the first media file;

translating, by the processor of at least one computing device, the state data file for the first application to a translated version of the state data file for a second application with respect to a second media file, wherein the second application is configured to present the second media file, the second media file is in a media format that is different from a media format of the first media file, and content of the second media file is related to content of the first media file; and

providing, by the processor of at least one computing device over a data network, the translated version of the state data file to the second application, wherein the second application is configured to initiate presentation of the second media file at a position indicated by the translated version of the state data file which corresponds to the bookmark position in the first media file.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first media file comprises an electronic book file.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the second media file comprises an audio book file.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the second media file comprises a movie file.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

prompting the current user to select a date from a plurality of dates corresponding to instances when a plurality of state data files for the first application with respect to the first media file were previously transferred to the entitlement locker;

receiving a selection from the current user; and

designating the state data file corresponding to the selection for translating.

6. A system comprising:

a computing device; and

a locker management application executable in the computing device, the locker management application configured to at least;

obtain, by a processor of the computing device from a data store, a state data file for a first application with respect to first entitlement data from an entitlement locker corresponding to a current user, wherein the first entitlement data comprises a first media file in a first media format and the state data file comprises a bookmark position in the first media file;

translate, by the processor of the computing device, the state data file for the first application to a translated version of the state data file for a second application with respect to second entitlement data, wherein the second entitlement data comprises a second media file in a second media format that is different from the first media format, and content of the second media file is related to content of the first media file; and

provide, by the processor of the computing device over a data network, the translated version of the state data file to the second application, wherein the second application is configured to present the second media file in the second media format and the second application is configured to initiate presentation of the second media file at a position indicated by the translated version of the state data file which corresponds to the bookmark position in the first media file.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the first application is formatted for a first operating system and the second application is formatted for a second operating system that is different from the first operating system.

8. The system of claim 6, wherein the first media file comprises a video file or an audio file.

9. The system of claim 6, wherein the first media file comprises a software game.

10. The system of claim 6, wherein the first media file comprises an electronic book file configured to operate on a first application platform and the second media file comprises an electronic book file configured to operate on a second application platform that is different from the first application platform.

11. The system of claim 6, wherein the locker management application is further configured to at least:

prompt the current user to select a date from a plurality of dates corresponding to instances when a plurality of state data files for the first application were previously transferred to the entitlement locker;

receive a selection from the current user; and

designate the state data file corresponding to the selection for translating.

12. The system of claim 6, wherein the locker management application is further configured to transmit the second media file from the entitlement locker to the second application.

13. A method comprising:

obtaining, by a processor of at least one computing device from a data store, a state data file for a first application with respect to first entitlement data from an entitlement locker corresponding to a current user, wherein the first entitlement data comprises a first media file in a first media format and the state data file comprises a bookmark position in the first media file;

translating, by the processor of at least one computing device, the state data file for the first application with respect to the first entitlement data to a translated version of the state data file for use with a second application with respect to second entitlement data, wherein the second entitlement data comprises a second media file that is different from the first media file and content of the second media file is related to content of the first media file; and

providing, by the processor of at least one computing device over a data network, the translated version of the translated state data file to the second application, wherein the second application is configured to present the second media file and the second application is configured to initiate presentation of the second media file at a position indicated by the translated version of the state data file that corresponds to the bookmark position in the first media file.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

prompting the current user to select a date from a plurality of dates corresponding to instances when a plurality of state data files for the first entitlement data was previously transferred to the entitlement locker;

receiving a selection from the current user; and

designating the state data file corresponding to the selection for translating.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising deleting one or more of the plurality of state data files corresponding to one or more dates not selected by the current user.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein the first media file is configured to operate on a first application platform and the second media file is configured to operate on a second application platform that is different from the first application platform.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the first media file and the second media file comprise software games.

18. The method of claim 13, further comprising periodically receiving an updated copy of the state data file from the first application.

19. The method of claim 13, further comprising receiving identification of the current user of the first application and authorizing the current user to access the entitlement locker corresponding to the current user.

20. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

prompting the current user to select a date from a plurality of dates corresponding to instances when a plurality of state data files for the first entitlement data were previously transferred to the entitlement locker;

receiving a selection from the current user; and

deleting the state data file corresponding to the selection from the entitlement locker.