IP Library Granted Patent US 10,476,931
Granted Patent B2
US 10,476,931 · App. 15/250,190 · Granted Nov 12, 2019

Delegation of rendering between a web application and a native application

Inventors: Anupam Garg (Bellevue, WA); Nickolas Dwayne Welton (Seattle, WA); Michael Davenport (Seattle, WA)
Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
H04L67/02G06F3/0484G06F9/5027H04L47/70G06F3/016G06F3/14G06F3/16G06F2209/509
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Patent No.
US 10,476,931
App. No.
15/250,190
Granted
Nov 12, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

Concepts and technologies are described herein for transferring an application state between a web control rendered by a native application to native indicators provided by the native application. The web control may be embedded in the native application or may be accessed by the native application. In accordance with some concepts and technologies disclosed herein, an application state control transfers the application state from a web control to a native application. The transfer may occur as a result of a function request received at the native application.

Claims (38)

1. A computer-implemented method for transferring application state control comprising:

transmitting a function request in response to an input to initiate the function request at a web control of a native application, wherein the web control is configured to render data stored in a content data store;

transferring, in response to the input, an application state of the native application from the web control to the native application;

initiating, based on the transferring, a native indicator;

receiving information in response to the function request; and

transferring, based on a state of processing of the function request, the application state of the native application from the native application to the web control.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein transferring the application state of the native application from the native application to the web control comprises transferring a visual level of the native application.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2 , wherein transferring the visual level of the native application comprises rendering content of the web control in a foreground of a display when the function request is not being processed and rendering content of the native application in the foreground of the display when the function request is being processed.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein transferring the application state of the native application from the native application to the web control comprises determining if the function request is complete.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising maintaining the application state of the native application at the native application in response to determining that the function request is not complete.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , initiating the native indicator comprises transferring the control of visual information rendered in a display from the web control to the native application.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the web control is configured to facilitate an interaction between the native application and a server.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising initiating a second native indicator to indicate that the function request is complete.

9. A computer-readable storage medium having computer readable instructions stored thereon which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to:

execute a native application;

execute a web control embedded in the native application;

transfer an application state to the native application during a function request operation, the function request operation initiated at the web control embedded in the native application;

initiate, based on the transfer of the application state, a native indicator; and

transfer, based on a state of processing of the function request, the application state of the native application from the native application to the web control.

10. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 9 , further comprising computer readable instructions which, when executed by the computer, cause the computer to execute an application state control configured to control the transfer of the application state to the native application during the function request operation and the transfer of the application state to the web control when a function request operation is not being performed.

11. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 9 , wherein the native indicator is a visual, haptic or audible indicator.

12. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 9 , wherein the computer readable instructions which, when executed by the computer, cause the computer to receive the input to perform the function request operation further comprise computer readable instructions which, when executed by the computer, cause the computer to receive an input at a user interface control.

13. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 9 , wherein transferring the application state to the native application during the function request operation comprises transferring a visual level to the native application.

14. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 9 , further comprising computer readable instructions which, when executed by the computer, cause the computer to receive information in response to the function request.

15. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 9 , further comprising computer readable instructions which, when executed by the computer, cause the computer to determine if the function request operation is complete.

16. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , further comprising computer readable instructions which, when executed by the computer, cause the computer to maintain the application state of the native application at the native application in response to determining that the function request is not complete.

17. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 9 , wherein the web control is configured to facilitate an interaction between the native application and a server.

18. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 9 , wherein the computer readable instructions which, when executed by the computer, cause the computer to transfer an application state to the native application during the function request operation comprises computer readable instructions which, when executed by the computer, cause the computer to render the native indicator provided by the native application in a foreground of a display.

19. A computer, comprising:

a processor; and

a computer-readable storage medium in communication with the processor, the computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereupon which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:

execute a native application;

execute a web control embedded in the native application;

transfer an application state to the native application from the web control during a function request operation, the function request operation initiated at the web control embedded in the native application;

initiate a native indicator from the native application during the function request operation;

receive information in response to the function request operation; and

execute an application state control configured to control the transfer of the application state to the native application during the function request operation and a transfer of the application state to the web control when the function request operation is completed.

20. The computer of claim 19 , wherein the native indicator is a visual, haptic or audible indicator.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 29, 2016
From: GARG, ANUPAM; DAVENPORT, MICHAEL; WELTON, NICKOLAS DWAYNE
To: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 039566/0956 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 29, 2016
From: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
To: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
Reel/Frame 039567/0361 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 14048769 · Oct 8, 2013
Provisional Application 61846122 · Jul 15, 2013
Related Publication 20160373512A1 · Dec 22, 2016