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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2020

Filed:

Jan. 20, 2016
Applicant:

Sprint Communications Company L.p., Overland Park, KS (US);

Inventors:

Justin Eddings, Eudora, KS (US);

Alice M. Kingsolver, Gardner, KS (US);

John D. Sumler, Bonner Springs, KS (US);

Assignee:

Sprint Communications Company L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/08 (2006.01); G06F 8/61 (2018.01); G06F 11/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/34 (2013.01); G06F 8/61 (2013.01); G06F 11/1464 (2013.01); H04L 67/1097 (2013.01); G06F 2201/80 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of consolidating user actions across a plurality of electronic devices. The method comprises receiving information from each of a plurality of electronic devices associated with a common user, where the receiving is performed by a consolidation application executing on a server computer, and analyzing the information by the consolidation application. The method further comprises identifying by the consolidation application a first application installed on a first one of the electronic devices, based on a plurality of mappings of related applications to different compatible electronic devices, determining that a second application related to the first application is compatible with a second one of the electronic devices, and sending a message to the second one of the electronic devices that suggests that the second application be installed on the second one of the electronic devices, whereby a user installs the second application on the second one of the electronic devices.


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