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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2014
Nextbit Systems Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Michael A. Chan, San Francisco, CA (US);
Justin Quan, San Francisco, CA (US);
Daniel R. Bornstein, San Francisco, CA (US);
Tom Moss, Los Altos, CA (US);
Linda Tong, San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
A technique and apparatus for backing up and restoring game application state across multiple devices are disclosed herein. The method includes running an instance of a game application at a first device. Based on any of various criteria, such as the proximity between the first device and a second device, a computer makes a determination to synchronize the application state between the two devices. The computer causes the application state data, which represents an application state of the game application running on the first device, to be saved and made available to the second device, such as by saving the application state data to cloud storage. The second device receives the application state data and restores the game application state.