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Cross-platform application programming interfaces for applications

US8881179B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Microsoft Corporation · US

Inventors

Juan Gabriel Balmori Labra · Redmond, US
Mark Brewster · Seattle, US
Zhenyu Tang · Sammamish, US
Rolando Jimenez-Salgado · Redmond, US
Lawrence Fubini Waldman · Bellevue, US
Joseph Wai-Yan Woo · San Francisco, US
Shahar Prish · Redmond, US
Keyur R. Patel · Saginaw, US
Andrew Salamatov · Seattle, US
David Claux · Redmond, US
Jason Todd Henderson · Redmond, US

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 14, 2011
Grant date	Nov 4, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 23, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F16/148
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Concepts and technologies are described herein for cross-platform application programming interfaces for applications. In accordance with the concepts and technologies disclosed herein, the cross-platform APIs support interoperability and extensibility with various application programs using a single language and/or set of APIs. Extensions authored for a particular application program may be used with other application programs that expose the same or a similar set of APIs, even if other object models or APIs associated with the application programs differ from one another. Thus, the APIs support cross-platform, cross-device, and cross-version compatibility of extensions.

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