Razer (asia-pacific) Pte. Ltd.

Brian Chu

Michael A Chan

Justin Quan

Aanchal Jain

Alastair Antonio

In some examples, information is transferred between a first mobile device and a second mobile device. For instance, the second mobile device may receive, from the first mobile device, user information comprising a user communication identifier. Further, a communication may be transmitted via a communication interface device on the second mobile device. The communication may include the user communication identifier in place of a device communication identifier of the communication interface device.

Transferring information to a mobile device

In some examples, an electronic device may store at least one of application data or application state information obtained from executing a first application on the electronic device, and may offload the first application from the electronic device. The electronic device may present a user interface on a display that may include a first application representation corresponding to the first application offloaded from the electronic device, and a second application representation corresponding to a second application installed on the electronic device. The first application representation is presented with a graphical style that visually distinguishes the first application representation from the second application representation based on the first application being offloaded. The electronic device may onload the first application on the electronic device and execute the first application on the electronic device using the at least one of the application data or the application state information.

Launching applications on an electronic device

In some examples, an electronic device may reduce the resolution or otherwise downsize content items to conserve storage space on the electronic device. Further, the electronic device may offload full resolution versions of content items that have been downsized, and the full resolution versions may be stored at a cloud storage or other network storage location. Subsequently, if the user, an operating system module, or an application on the electronic device requests a higher resolution version of the downsized content item, the higher resolution version may be downloaded from the network storage to the electronic device. Various techniques may be used for determining a size or resolution of the content item to download from the network storage.

Managing content on an electronic device

In some examples, a second mobile device may receive, from a first mobile device, via a short-range radio connection with the first mobile device, at least a portion of application information for an application. For example, the application information may include saved application state information saved by the first mobile device. The second mobile device may install the application on the second mobile device, and the second mobile device may configure a state of the application on the second mobile device based on the saved application state information received from the first mobile device.

In some examples, a first mobile device is placed into communication with a second mobile device, such as through a short-range radio connection. User information is transferred from the first mobile device to the second mobile device. For example, application information for an application and saved application state information may be transferred to the second mobile device. The second mobile device may configure the application on the second mobile device based in part on the application state information received from the first mobile device. In addition, a user communication ID may be transferred from the first mobile device to the second mobile device, and may be used for communication with a third device with which the first mobile device has previously communicated. For instance, the user communication ID may be used in place of a device communication ID when sending communications from the second mobile device.

In some examples, an electronic device may offload an application to a network storage. For instance, the application, associated application data, and/or saved application state information may be deleted from the electronic device. Subsequently, an application launcher may present a launcher user interface (UI) on a display associated with the electronic device. The launcher UI may include a first set of application representations corresponding to applications offloaded from the electronic device, and a second set of application representations corresponding to applications currently installed on the electronic device. In response to receiving a selection of one of the representations from the first set via the launcher UI, the selected application may be onloaded onto the electronic device. Further, in some cases, the electronic device may receive from the network storage at least one of the application data or the application state information for the onloaded application.

Some examples include repurposing a mobile device for performing a plurality of nonconventional functions, including a fire detector, a radiation detector, and a Wi-Fi repeater. For example, the mobile device may be configured to serve as a fire detector by one or more modules that may use an onboard camera, microphone, and temperature sensor to monitor an area for fires. In addition, the mobile device may be configured to serve as a radiation detector. For instance, a camera image sensor and/or the memory on the device may be used to detect elevated levels of radiation in the vicinity of the mobile device. In response to detecting a fire and/or radioactivity, the mobile device may send an alert notification to another device. Further, the mobile device may be configured to concurrently serve as a Wi-Fi repeater, such as for extending a range of a wireless router, or the like.

Repurposing a mobile device

An electronic device may offload an application to a network storage to free up storage on the electronic device. For instance, an application file and, in some cases, associated application data and/or saved application state information may be stored at the network storage and deleted from the electronic device. Subsequently, a data management module may receive an instruction to onload the application back onto the electronic device, such as in response to a user input that selects the offloaded application, a determination that an upcoming activity may include use of the offloaded application, or a determination that a user usage pattern indicates that the offloaded application is likely to be used. In response, the data management module may download the corresponding application file from the network storage. In some cases, the electronic device may also receive associated application data and/or saved application state information from the network storage.

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Brian Chu