IP Library Granted Patent US 11,805,086
Granted Patent B2
US 11,805,086 · App. 17/815,238 · Granted Oct 31, 2023

State-sharing plug-in in a computing workspace environment

Inventors: Ke Xu (Nanjing, CN); Zhipan Liu (Nanjing, CN)
H04L51/18H04L51/043H04L51/224H04L63/0815H04L67/141H04L67/143
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,805,086
App. No.
17/815,238
Filed
Jul 27, 2022
Granted
Oct 31, 2023
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2445
USPC
709/206
Abstract

Systems and methods of controlling a state of electronic messaging applications are provided. A system detects a launch of a network application via an embedded browser. The network application is associated with a session identifier of a user. The system identifies one or more electronic messaging applications on a client device of the user. The system transmits, responsive to the launch of the network application associated with the session identifier, an instruction to one or more servers managing the one or more electronic messaging applications to control a state of the one or more electronic messaging applications.

Claims (59)

1. A method of controlling a state of electronic messaging applications, comprising:

detecting, by one or more processors, a launch of a network application via an embedded browser, the network application associated with a session identifier of a user;

identifying, by the one or more processors, one or more electronic messaging applications on a client device of the user;

transmitting, by the one or more processors responsive to the launch of the network application associated with the session identifier, an instruction to one or more servers managing the one or more electronic messaging applications to control the state of the one or more electronic messaging applications;

terminating, by the one or more processors, network applications previously launched via the embedded browser; and

transmitting, by the one or more processors responsive to termination of the network applications, a second instruction to the one or more electronic messaging applications to update the state to a second state different from the state, wherein the second state allows delivery of notifications related to electronic messages transmitted to the user.

2. The method of claim 1 , comprising:

identifying, by the one or more processors, based at least in part on the session identifier, authentication credentials for the user for a first electronic messaging application of the one or more electronic messaging applications;

establishing, by the one or more processors using the authentication credentials, a communication session with a first server of the one or more servers that manages the first electronic messaging application; and

transmitting, via the communication session, the instruction to control the state of the first electronic messaging application.

3. The method of claim 2 , comprising:

establishing, by the one or more processors, the communication session using a single sign-on authentication technique.

4. The method of claim 1 , comprising:

controlling, by the one or more processors, the state to disable transmission of electronic messages via the one or more electronic messaging applications to the client device of the user.

5. The method of claim 1 , comprising:

controlling, by the one or more processors, the state to disable notification of transmission of electronic messages via the one or more electronic messaging applications to the user.

6. The method of claim 1 , comprising:

transmitting, by the one or more processors, the instruction to update the state to a busy state.

7. The method of claim 1 , comprising:

identifying, by the one or more processors, the one or more electronic messaging applications executing on the client device.

8. The method of claim 1 , comprising:

displaying, by the one or more processors, the state of the one or more electronic messaging applications for the user via a user interface element provided by the embedded browser that launches the network application.

9. A system to control a state of electronic messaging applications, comprising:

one or more processors and memory to:

detect a launch of a network application via an embedded browser, the network application associated with a session identifier of a user;

identify one or more electronic messaging applications on a client device of the user;

transmit, responsive to the launch of the network application associated with the session identifier, an instruction to one or more servers managing the one or more electronic messaging applications to control a state of the one or more electronic messaging applications;

terminate network applications previously launched via the embedded browser; and

transmit, responsive to termination of the network applications, a second instruction to the one or more electronic messaging applications to update the state to a second state different from the state, wherein the second state allows delivery of notifications related to electronic messages transmitted to the user.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

identify, based at least in part on the session identifier, authentication credentials for the user for a first electronic messaging application of the one or more electronic messaging applications;

establish, using the authentication credentials, a communication session with a first server of the one or more servers that manages the first electronic messaging application; and

transmit, via the communication session, the instruction to control the state of the first electronic messaging application.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

establish the communication session using a single sign-on authentication technique.

12. The system of claim 9 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

control the state to disable transmission of electronic messages via the one or more electronic messaging applications to the client device of the user.

13. The system of claim 9 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

control the state to disable notification of transmission of electronic messages via the one or more electronic messaging applications to the user.

14. The system of claim 9 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

transmit the instruction to update the state to a busy state.

15. The system of claim 9 , comprising:

a client application executing on the client device and in communication with the embedded browser, the client application being configured to detect the launch of the network application via the embedded browser.

16. The system of claim 15 , wherein the client application is configured to transmit the instruction to the one or more servers responsive to detection of the launch.

17. The system of claim 15 , wherein to transmit the instruction to one or more servers comprises to transmit, by a remote server hosting the network application, to the one or more servers managing the one or more electronic messaging applications, the instruction to control the state of the one or more electronic messaging applications.

18. A system to control a state of electronic messaging applications, comprising:

an embedded web browser that executes on a client device having memory and one or more processors; and

a client application in communication with the embedded web browser to:

detect a launch of a network application via the embedded web browser, the network application associated with a session identifier of a user;

identify one or more electronic messaging applications on the client device;

provide, responsive to the launch of the network application associated with the session identifier, an instruction to one or more servers managing the one or more electronic messaging applications to control a state of the one or more electronic messaging applications;

terminate network applications previously launched via the embedded web browser; and

provide, responsive to termination of the network applications, a second instruction to the one or more servers managing the one or more electronic messaging applications to update the state to a second state different from the state, wherein the second state allows delivery of notifications related to electronic messages transmitted to the user.

19. The system of claim 18 , wherein the client application is further configured to:

identify, based at least in part on the session identifier, authentication credentials for the user for a first electronic messaging application of the one or more electronic messaging applications;

establish, using the authentication credentials, a communication session with a first server of the one or more servers that manages the first electronic messaging application; and

transmit, via the communication session, the instruction to control the state of the first electronic messaging application.

20. The system of claim 18 , wherein the client application is further configured to:

transmit, to a remote server, the instruction to control the state of the one or more electronic messaging applications, wherein the remote server generates one or more instructions to transmit to the one or more servers managing the one or more electronic messaging applications to control the state of the one or more electronic messaging applications.