Separate plug-in processes in browsers and applications thereof
US9507648B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 20, 2015 |
| Grant date | Nov 29, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 20, 2035 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/951
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention relate to browser plug-ins. In one embodiment, a system browses web content using a plug-in. The system includes at least one renderer process that detects plug-in content in the web content. Separate from the at least one tenderer process, the system also includes a plug-in process that includes the plug-in and communicates with the at least one renderer process to interpret the plug-in content using an inter-process communication channel.
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