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Method and system for invoking an application in response to a trigger event

US8978047B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

SONY GROUP CORPORATION · JP

Inventors

Seth Hill · Lemon Grove, US
Abhishek Patil · San Diego, US
Guru Prashanth Balasubramanian · San Diego, US
Travis Baurmann · San Diego, US
Bibhudendu Mohapatra · San Diego, US
Dipendu Saha · San Diego, US

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 14, 2011
Grant date	Mar 10, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 8, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F16/748
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for invoking a software application comprising: executing a first application on a user device; detecting a trigger event on the user device, the trigger event is non-specific and external to the first application and a second application; invoking the second application in response to the trigger event; sending metadata from the first application to the second application; and performing an action in the second application based at least partially on the metadata received from the first application, wherein, the first application and the second application are not operating system processes, and the second application is separate and independent from the first application.

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