Exposure of remotely invokable method through a webpage to an application outside web browser
US9552240B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 11, 2014 |
| Grant date | Jan 24, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 11, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2209/541
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Web browsing environments are commonly used to facilitate user interaction with data over the Internet. A web browser is a tool used to view and interact with a webpage. A webpage may interface with a web service to provide remote functionality that the webpage does not locally provide. An effective method for specifying and consuming remote functionality that an application invokes outside of the web browser is disclosed herein. A webpage exposes remote functionality (e.g., web service) that a web browser and/or browser extensions may discover through browsing the webpage. A browser extension associated with an application determines whether the application is compatible with the remote functionality. Once a compatible application is determined, it may be executed so as to connect to and invoke the remote functionality outside of the web browser. The application may provide a more robust experience with the remote functionality compared to the web browsing environment.
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