Systems and methods for hosting a browser within another browser

US11442599B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC · US

Inventors

• Adrian Bogdan Guta · Bellevue, US
• Joshua P.H. Tseng · Kirkland, US
• Stefanie K. McCallum · Snohomish, US
• Navin Agarwal · San Mateo, US
• Corey M. Bloodstein · Redmond, US
• Thomas W. Bolds · Seattle, US
• Venkatraman V. Kudallur · Redmond, US
• Fredric W. Pullen, III · Duvall, US
• Tony E. Schreiner · Redmond, US
• Michael J. Ens · Redmond, US
• Benjamin J. Bamesberger · Bellevue, US
• Ning Zhong · Bellevue, US
• Alex Glover · Carnation, US
• Andrew M. Lake · Seattle, US
• Clifton J. Hebert · Redmond, US
• Emily K. Andrews · Redmond, US
• Stefan F. Smolen · Bellevue, US
• Todd A. Sahl · Redmond, US
• Wenming Ju · Bellevue, US
• Xiaoying Huang · Bellevue, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 10, 2019
• Grant date: Sep 13, 2022
• Expiry date: Sep 10, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F9/451
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

An integrated approach is provided to running web applications with various compatibilities that do not require third-party extensions or sacrifice user experience. When a page of an application incompatible with a first browser is to be executed, an instance of a second browser with which the page is compatible is separately invoked and/or executed without opening a window for that second browser. Instead, the second browser opens a page within the window of the first browser. Moreover, rendering and/or contextual information for a page opened via the second browser is provided to the first browser. Such information is utilized by the first browser to provide a visual experience to the user in which the web page is being hosted by the first browser, even though it is in fact being hosted by the second browser.