Providing a recovery placeholder within an application
US9424110B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 31, 2016 |
| Grant date | Aug 23, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 31, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2200/24
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Embodiments described herein provide recovery placeholders within an application. Specifically, one approach includes providing an application operating on a client device, and generating a recovery placeholder that defines a current state of the application by analyzing a queue containing a set of messages, and identifying one or more selected events corresponding to the application from the queue. In one approach, the current state defines, at the time the recovery placeholder is generated, at least one of: a position within a window of the application, a current activity of the application, a position of the window within a display of a display device, and a placement order of the window of the application in relation to a stack of other cascaded windows. At a later point in time, the application may then be restored to the current state by accessing the recovery placeholder to replay the one or more selected events.
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