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Initializing an application on an electronic device

US8572603B2 · kind B2 · utility

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24Claims
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Filing dateSep 4, 2009
Grant dateOct 29, 2013
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Expiry dateSep 27, 2031

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F8/61
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for initializing an application on an electronic device. In one aspect, a method includes detecting, in an electronic device, an instruction to initialize an application from a package installed on the electronic device, the application configured to be embedded in a page conforming with hypertext markup language (HTML) and use an HTML compliant variable for initialization, wherein the application is not initialized in an HTML compatible browser application, obtaining, in response to the instruction and from a file in the package, an application file name for an application file and at least one value for the HTML compliant variable, loading the application file identified by the application file name such that the application is initialized and executed on the electronic device, and providing the value to the application for the initialization.

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