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Making a user's data, settings, and licensed content available in the cloud

  • US 9,781,204 B2
  • Filed: 07/18/2015
  • Issued: 10/03/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/30/2013
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A computer-implemented method executing on at least one processor comprising:

  • storing user data corresponding to a first user in a cloud-based account corresponding to the first user;

    storing user settings corresponding to the first user for a plurality of physical devices used by the first user in the cloud-based account corresponding to the first user;

    providing in the cloud-based account corresponding to the first user a plurality of virtual devices that correspond to the plurality of physical devices, wherein each of the plurality of virtual devices automatically synchronizes changes made by the first user to data in a corresponding physical device to the corresponding virtual device and to the user data in the cloud-based account, automatically synchronizes changes made by the first user to user settings in the physical device to the corresponding virtual device and to the user settings in the cloud-based account, automatically synchronizes changes made by the first user to the user data in the cloud-based account to the virtual device and to the corresponding physical device, and automatically synchronizes changes made by the first user to the user settings in the cloud-based account to the virtual device and to the corresponding physical device;

    allowing the first user to access and change the user data and the user settings for the plurality of physical devices on a first of the plurality of physical devices used by the first user; and

    converting user settings for the first physical device to user settings for a second physical device.

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