Seamless movement between phone and pc with regard to applications, display, information transfer or swapping active device

Abstract

It would be beneficial to allow one or more of information, applications, desktops, and in general any information to be shared between a computer and a communications device. For example, it would be useful to be able to move a presentation from a computer to a mobile communications device. Some solutions attempt to address this by requiring a user to load the information on a laptop, USB key, burn it to an optical disk or the like, and then “open” the information on another device located at the remote destination. In one embodiment, through the use of one or more of virtualization and content translation, any information and/or applications can be exchanged between a computer and a communications device. More specifically, one embodiment utilizes metadata in conjunction with a virtualization environment to allow the exchange of information and/or applications between a personal computer and a communications device, or vice versa.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 - 20 . (canceled) 
     
     
         21 . A method for appliance discovery and validation comprising:
 discovering, by a processor, one or more appliances in an appliance index;   selecting, by the processor, an appliance and creating a container using a hypervisor for the selected appliance;   downloading, by the processor, the selected appliance from an appliance repository to the container; and   configuring, by the processor, one of a virtual network, guest operating system, or services.   
     
     
         22 . The method of  claim 21 , wherein the one of the virtual network, guest operating system, or services is the guest operating system. 
     
     
         23 . The method of  claim 22 , wherein the guest operating is one of a plurality of guest operating systems run by the processor. 
     
     
         24 . The method of  claim 21 , wherein the one of the virtual network, guest operating system, or services is the virtual network. 
     
     
         25 . The method of  claim 24 , wherein the virtual network comprises a virtual router that connects to a network interface card. 
     
     
         26 . The method of  claim 21 , wherein the one of the virtual network, guest operating system, or services is the services. 
     
     
         27 . The method of  claim 26 , wherein the services are tested and deployed. 
     
     
         28 . The method of  claim 21 , further comprising:
 obtaining a license for the selected appliance; and   configuring the license for the selected appliance.   
     
     
         29 . A system for appliance discovery and validation comprising:
 a microprocessor,   a computer readable medium, coupled with the microprocessor and comprising microprocessor readable and executable instructions for a communication processor; and   a discover system executed by the microprocessor that discovers one or more appliances in an appliance index, selects an appliance, creates a container using a hypervisor for the selected appliance, receives the selected appliance from an appliance repository to the container, and configures one of a virtual network, guest operating system, or services.   
     
     
         30 . The system of  claim 29 , wherein the one of the virtual network, guest operating system, or services is the guest operating system. 
     
     
         31 . The system of  claim 30 , wherein the guest operating is one of a plurality of guest operating systems run by the processor. 
     
     
         32 . The system of  claim 29 , wherein the one of the virtual network, guest operating system, or services is the virtual network. 
     
     
         33 . The system of  claim 32 , wherein the virtual network comprises a virtual router that connects to a network interface card. 
     
     
         34 . The system of  claim 29 , wherein the one of the virtual network, guest operating system, or services is the services. 
     
     
         35 . The system of  claim 34 , wherein the services are tested and deployed. 
     
     
         36 . The system of  claim 29 , wherein the discover system obtains a license for the selected appliance and configures the license for the selected appliance.