SessionFlow - seamless flow of sessions & context across devices

 

Typical pain point – you are chatting/composing message/browsing on your mobile and now that you have reached home, you want to switch to your iPad/your favorite other device.

 

 

Solution – Track mobile device orientation(gyro) change + the GPS location. If one device is getting tilted clockwise relative with the other device just below it (think about water flowing from a jug to a cup), move the session states from the top device to the bottom. Application of this could be numerous - any application context/state that you need to push to another device could be used using SessionFlow. In case of devices without a gyro/GPS, allow for session push using shared WiFi/BlueTooth etc.

 Stuff Required to be implemented :

 

           Client libraries on multiple devices that :

• can interpret the change in orienatation, location, identify if it’s a SessionFlow request.
• Push state, session, context etc to the SessionFlow servers.
• Start target app, apply the received state/session/context to the target device application.  Etc and finally give the update back.
• Continually push location (lat/lang) to the server. 

         Services that :

• Allow thirdparty servers to register (see point 3).
• Push session-flow request to thirdparty server
• Interpret and identify another device below the mentioned device.
• Can trigger target devices once a session flow request is received. 

        Session Flow Standards/Protocols for client apps and servers to consume :

• An entire deck of protocols to be created for communication across systems.
• Define communication sequences and states.
• Enable target applications and its service application to use the SessionFlow services and libraries.

Business Angle:

• Vendors would subscribe to sessionflow servers on the cloud for enabling sessionFlow.
• They could use client libraries for enabling sessionflow on their device applications or just use the standard we provide.
• Subscription to be based on number of session-moves.
• Theoretically this can be enabled for anything – including copying files. 

Challenges:

•                       Exact interpretation of location, altitude, tilt can get tricky – we don’t want the session to flow to your neighbor one floor below.
•                      Deducing whether the target device is just below can be complex unless some smart indexing is maintained at the server.
•                     Expect very high load on the servers due to continuous position tracking. Additionally think of non-server based solutions where two devices just move session using wifi/Bluetooth etc.