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Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2017

Filed:

Aug. 31, 2015
Applicant:

Nextbit Systems Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);

Inventors:

Michael A Chan, San Francisco, CA (US);

Justin Quan, San Francisco, CA (US);

Brian Chu, San Mateo, CA (US);

Aanchal Jain, Brisbane, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/08 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); H04W 4/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/1095 (2013.01); G06F 17/30575 (2013.01); H04W 4/003 (2013.01);
Abstract

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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