Multi-process interactive systems and methods
A multi-process interactive system is described. The system includes numerous processes running on a processing device. The processes include separable program execution contexts of application programs, such that each application program comprises at least one process. The system translates events of each process into data capsules. A data capsule includes an application-independent representation of event data of an event and state information of the process originating the content of the data capsule. The system transfers the data messages into pools or repositories. Each process operates as a recognizing process, where the recognizing process recognizes in the pools data capsules comprising content that corresponds to an interactive function of the recognizing process and/or an identification of the recognizing process. The recognizing process retrieves recognized data capsules from the pools and executes processing appropriate to contents of the recognized data capsules.
1. A method comprising:
executing a plurality of processes on at least one processing device, the plurality of processes including separable program execution contexts of a plurality of application programs, wherein each application program comprises at least one process;
translating events of each process of the plurality of processes into data capsules, wherein a data capsule includes an application-independent representation of event data of an event and state information of the process originating the data capsule;
transferring the data capsules into a plurality of pools;
each process operating as a recognizing process, the recognizing process recognizing in the plurality of pools data capsules comprising at least one of content that corresponds to an interactive function of the recognizing process and an identification of the recognizing process; and
the recognizing process retrieving recognized data capsules from the plurality of pools and executing processing appropriate to contents of the recognized data capsules.
2. A system comprising:
at least one processing device, the processing device executing a plurality of processes, the plurality of processes including separable program execution contexts of a plurality of application programs, wherein each application program comprises at least one process; and
a plurality of pools coupled to the at least one processing device;
the at least one processing device translating events of each process of the plurality of processes into data capsules and transferring the data capsules into a plurality of pools, wherein a data capsule includes an application-independent representation of event data of an event and state information of the process originating the data capsule;
each process operating as a recognizing process, the recognizing process recognizing in the plurality of pools data capsules comprising at least one of content that corresponds to an interactive function of the recognizing process and an identification of the recognizing process;
the recognizing process retrieving recognized data capsules from the plurality of pools and executing processing appropriate to contents of the recognized data capsules.