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Application context transfer for distributed computing resources

  • US 9,507,630 B2
  • Filed: 02/09/2012
  • Issued: 11/29/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/09/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, comprising:

  • automatically discovering, by a context mobility agent executing on a first device, other devices or remote applications utilizing a container, wherein at least a second device and a fog device are discovered, wherein a list of triggers for context and state migration of the first device are registered on the fog device;

    collecting, by a universal programming module on the first device, context and state information from a local application executing on the first device;

    providing the context and state information from the universal programming module to the context mobility agent on the first device;

    establishing a peer-to-peer connection between the first device and the second device by the context mobility agent through an edge device operating as the fog device;

    converting the context and state information from a platform specific format for the local application into a generic format prior to transferring the context and state information; and

    in response to at least one of the registered triggers occurring, transferring the converted context and state information from the first device to the second device over the peer-to-peer connection through the fog device, wherein a remote application is configured to execute according to the transferred converted context and state information from the first device so that irrespective of the local application, a user is able to continue working on the second device at a same context and state where the user left off on the first device prior to transferring from the first device.

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