Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Synchronization of data between an electronic computing mobile device and an electronic computing dockstation
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Application No.: US13535650Application Date: 2012-06-28
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Publication No.: US09436485B2Publication Date: 2016-09-06
- Inventor: William T. Byrne , Robert J. Christopher , Paul D. Kangas , Daniel M. Ranck
- Applicant: William T. Byrne , Robert J. Christopher , Paul D. Kangas , Daniel M. Ranck
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Kennedy Lenart Spraggins LLP
- Agent Brandon C. Kennedy; Grant A. Johnson
- Main IPC: G06F9/445
- IPC: G06F9/445 ; G06F17/30

Abstract:
Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are provided for synchronization of data between an electronic mobile device and an electronic computing dockstation. Embodiments include detecting, by the dockstation, completion of a docking procedure connecting the mobile device to the dockstation; identifying, by the dockstation, applications that are open on the mobile device; opening, by the dockstation, the identified applications on the dockstation; identifying, by the dockstation, files that are open on the mobile device; syncing, by the dockstation, the identified files with corresponding files within the dockstation, including updating an existing file within the dockstation; and opening on the dockstation, by the dockstation, the synced files with the open applications on the dockstation.
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