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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2007
Steven M. Adler, San Diego, CA (US);
Joseph B. Grand, San Francisco, CA (US);
Andrew S. Huang, Cardiff-by-the-Sea, CA (US);
Duane S. Maxwell, San Diego, CA (US);
Kenneth E. Steele, San Diego, CA (US);
Stephen L. Tomlin, San Diego, CA (US);
Steven M. Adler, San Diego, CA (US);
Joseph B. Grand, San Francisco, CA (US);
Andrew S. Huang, Cardiff-by-the-Sea, CA (US);
Duane S. Maxwell, San Diego, CA (US);
Kenneth E. Steele, San Diego, CA (US);
Stephen L. Tomlin, San Diego, CA (US);
BBY SOLUTIONS, INC., Richfield, MN (US);
Abstract
A method for facilitating sharing of widget programs among a plurality of personal electronic devices is disclosed. The method includes establishing a database of the widget programs capable of being executed by the plurality of personal electronic devices. The method further includes receiving, over a communication network, a widget forwarding request from at least one of the plurality of personal electronic devices. An instance of a selected one of the widget programs is then transmitted, in response to the widget forwarding request, to another of the plurality of personal electronic devices.