US 12,086,099 B2
Device to device migration in a unified endpoint management system
Gaurav Verma, Bangalore (IN); and Manjunath Subramani, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to VMware LLC, Palo Alto, CA (US)
Filed by VMware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/981,577.
Application 17/981,577 is a continuation of application No. 16/876,175, filed on May 18, 2020, granted, now 11,520,734.
Claims priority of application No. 202041011221 (IN), filed on Mar. 16, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0079795 A1, Mar. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 16/11 (2019.01); G06F 8/65 (2018.01); G06F 16/182 (2019.01); G06F 21/31 (2013.01); G06F 21/60 (2013.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 16/119 (2019.01) [G06F 8/65 (2013.01); G06F 16/182 (2019.01); G06F 21/31 (2013.01); G06F 21/602 (2013.01); G06F 21/6218 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for device migration in a unified endpoint management system (“UEMS”), comprising:
establishing a direct connection at a first user device with a second user device;
receiving device migration user credentials at the second user device, the migration user credentials being based on user input provided at the first user device;
authenticating the migration by comparing user input at the second user device to the device migration user credentials;
identifying, to the first user device, an operating system (“OS”) running on the second user device, and determining whether or not the first user device and the second user device are running the same OS;
receiving a migration data file at the second user device, the migration data file originating from the first user device; and
initiating a device migration at the second user device using the migration data file, wherein
in an instance where the first and second user devices are running different operating systems:
the migration data file omits at least one application that is managed on the first device as part of the UEMS;
the device migration comprises installing files from the migration data file at the second user device; and
the installed files use the same file structure as the first user device.