Intelligent dialogue amongst competitive user applications

US8825533B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• Sara H. Basson · White Plains, US
• Sasha P. Caskey · New York, US
• Dan Jiang · Beijing, CN
• Dimitri Kanevsky · Ossining, US
• Tara N. Sainath · Jersey City, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 1, 2012
• Grant date: Sep 2, 2014
• Expiry date: Jun 23, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/0281
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method, an apparatus and an article of manufacture for enabling communication between at least two computer applications that is observable to a user. The method includes obtaining a description of functions for each of the at least two computer applications, comparing the description of functions for each of the at least two computer applications, generating a dialog between the at least two applications based on the comparing of the description of functions for each of the at least two computer applications, and making the dialog available to a user.