System and method for unifying the listing and launching of applications and packages spread across multiple domains
US9501336B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 29, 2014 |
| Grant date | Nov 22, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 29, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/542
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method at a computing device having a plurality of concurrently operating domains for providing a unified home screen, the method sending a request for package information from a home screen application on the computing device; receiving the request for package information at a unified package manager on the computing device; requesting, from the plurality of concurrently operating domains, package information; receiving package information from at least one of the plurality of concurrently operating domains at the unified package manager on the computing device; decorating the received package information with domain information for a domain from which the package information was received at the unified package manager on the computing device; and providing the decorated package information to the home screen application.
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