Apparatus and methods for facilitating context handoff between devices in a cloud based wireless personal area network

1. A method comprising:

receiving, from a server at a second device, a first peer table, the first peer table including first application state information for a first application running on a first device, wherein the first application state information includes a first device profile for the first device, a first hardware address for the first device, and first context activity information for the first device;

providing, from the second device to the server, second application state information for a second application running on the second device, wherein the second application state information includes a second device profile for the second device, a second hardware address for the second device, and second context activity information for the second device;

after providing the second application state information to the server, receiving, from the server at the second device, a second peer table, the second peer table including the first application state information for the first application running on the first device and the second application state information for the second application running on the second device; and

causing a login screen to be displayed on a display of the second device, the login screen providing information for the first application, based on the first application state information.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

causing an icon corresponding to the first application to be displayed on the display on the second device.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the first application state information also includes an application identifier, a content identifier, and a pointer, the pointer indicating a location at which first content is accessed by the first application.

4. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:

running an application software stack on the second device based on the first application state information.

5. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:

receiving at the second device a selection input via the icon corresponding to the first application; and

launching a second application on the second device that is the same as the first application in response to the selection input.

6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:

obtaining login information for the second device from a cloud server; and

automatically logging into the second device using the login information.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the launching the second application on the second device in response to the selection input, comprises:

mirroring, on the second device, the first application state of the first application on the first device based on the first application state information.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the mirroring, on the second device, of the first application state of the first application on the first device based on the first application state information, comprises:

accessing second content by the second device for use by the second application that is the same as the first content.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the accessing the second content by the second device for use by the second application, comprises:

accessing the second content by the second device via a cloud server.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the accessing the second content by the second device for use by the second application, comprises:

accessing the second content by the second device via a peer-to-peer connection with the first device.

11. An apparatus, comprising:

a display; and

at least one hardware processor configured to:

receive, from a server, a peer table, a first peer table, the first peer table including first application state information for a first application running on a first device, wherein the first application state information includes a first device profile for the first device, a first hardware address for the first device, and first context activity information for the first device;

provide, to the server, second application state information for a second application running on the second device, wherein the second application state information includes a second device profile for the second device, a second hardware address for the second device, and second context activity information for the second device;

after providing the second application state information to the server, receive, from the server, a second peer table, the second peer table including the first application state information for the first application running on the first device and the second application state information for the second application running on the second device; and

cause a login screen to be displayed on the display, the login screen providing information for the first application, based on the first application state information.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the at least one hardware processor is further configured to cause an icon corresponding to the first application to be displayed on the display.

13. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the first application state information also includes an application identifier, a content identifier, and a pointer, the pointer indicating a location at which the first content is accessed by the first application.

14. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the at least one hardware processor is further configured to run an application software stack based on the first application state information.

15. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the at least one hardware processor is further configured to:

receive a selection input via the icon corresponding to the first application; and

launch a second application on the second device that is the same as the first application in response to the selection input.

16. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the at least one hardware processor is further configured to:

obtain login information from a cloud server; and

automatically login using the login information.

17. The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the at least one hardware processor is further configured to mirror the first application state of the first application based on the first application state information.

18. The apparatus of claim 17 , wherein the at least one hardware processor is further configured to access second content for use by the second application that is the same as the first content.

19. The apparatus of claim 18 ,

wherein the at least one hardware processor is further operative configured to access the identical second content via a peer-to-peer connection with the first device.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor on a second device, causes the processor to perform a method, the method comprising:

receiving, from a server, a first peer table, the first peer table including first application state information for a first application running on a first device, wherein the first application state information includes a first device profile for the first device, a first hardware address for the first device, and first context activity information for the first device;

providing, to the server, second application state information for a second application running on the second device, wherein the second application state information includes a second device profile for the second device, a second hardware address for the second device, and second context activity information for the second device;

after providing the second application state information to the server, receiving, from the server, a second peer table, the second peer table including the first application state information for the first application running on the first device and the second application state information for the second application running on the second device; and

causing a login screen to be displayed on a display of the second device, the login screen providing information for the first application, based on the first application state information.