Domain-based application functionality
View Patent ↗Systems and methods of providing a desktop framework. The desktop framework may include an application framework component that includes a set of core libraries that provide desktop applications access to data and services, a download component that maintains versions of the desktop applications and core libraries installed on a computer, and a license component that tracks data use and access. The application framework exposes APIs to provide the desktop applications with access to the data and services. The application framework serves as a platform upon which the desktop applications share common data and logic.
1. A method of controlling the functionality of an application program, comprising:
contacting a server;
receiving a response from the server, the response containing a token;
interpreting information contained in said token; and
invoking a level of functionality in said application program in accordance with said token,
wherein invoking a level of functionality of said web site at said browser further comprises:
invoking a full level of functionality of said web site at said browser when said web site has said token; and
invoking a reduced level of functionality of said web site at said browser when said web site does not have said token.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein associating said token with said web site and invoking a level of functionality of said web site further comprises preventing unauthorized use of content.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein providing a token to a web site further comprises:
centralizing said tokens under the control of a centralized vendor; and
collecting a fee from web sites for use of said tokens.