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System and method for synchronization using device pairings with docking stations

  • US 9,990,242 B2
  • Filed: 03/14/2017
  • Issued: 06/05/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/18/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for synchronizing content for an information handling system comprising:

  • determining that a first mobile device is within a pre-determined range of a first docking station, the first mobile device operable to communicate with the first docking station;

    identifying an identity of the first mobile device;

    determining a user of the first mobile device;

    identifying a set of preferences associated with the user;

    predicting, based upon the identified set of preferences, the identification of the first mobile device, and past activity by the user using the first mobile device coupled to a second docking station, content to be launched on the first mobile device, wherein the predicting includes determining at least one of content that was most recently accessed by the user through the second docking station, content that was most recently accessed by a second mobile device of the user docked to the second docking station, and a pattern of usage by the user at the second docking station and by the first mobile device docked to the first docking station; and

    presenting the content for launching on the first mobile device;

    wherein the first mobile, the first docking station, and the second docking station are discrete devices.

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