DISTRIBUTED USER INTERFACES AS A SERVICE

1 . A method comprising:

transmitting, by a first device, a request to a server, the request corresponding to receiving a plurality of user interface controls for an application, wherein the plurality of user interface controls are configured to be rendered at the first device and a second device;

in response to the transmission of the request from the first device, receiving a first user interface control of the plurality of user interface controls for the application, the first user interface control being encapsulated with a virtualization component and an event-type variable associated with the first user interface control; and

rendering, at the first device, the first user interface control based on the virtualization component and the event-type variable associated with the first user interface control.

2 . The method of claim 1 further comprising:

in response to a modification of an event-type variable associated with a second user interface control of the plurality of user interface controls, receiving the modification for modifying the event-type variable associated with the first user interface control, wherein the second user interface control is associated with the second device.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of user interface controls is encapsulated by:

separating a user interface of the application into the plurality of user interface controls;

encapsulating each of the plurality of user interface controls by packaging each user interface control with at least one virtualization component;

determining a local variable that affects both the first user interface control and a second user interface control among the plurality of user interface controls; and

replacing the local variable with the event-type variable.

4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein encapsulation of each of the plurality of user interface controls further comprises:

determining that a user is executing the application simultaneously on the first device and the second device.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first device and the second device are associated with a user.

6 . The method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving a second user interface control of the plurality of user interface controls for the application, the second user interface control being encapsulated with another virtualization component and an event-type variable associated with the second user interface control; and

rendering, at the second device, the second user interface control based on the another virtualization component associated with the second user interface control.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the virtualization component comprises one or more of a copy of a header associated with the application, instructions for rendering the first user interface control, and at least one distributed-user-interface-related control.

8 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

causing the first user interface control to detect an interface type associated with the first device and/or provide at least one display instruction for rendering the first user interface control at the first device.

9 . A client device comprising:

a memory configured to store program instructions; and

a processor configured to execute the program instructions stored in the memory to:

transmit a request to a server, the request corresponding to receiving a plurality of user interface controls for an application, wherein the plurality of user interface controls are configured to be rendered at the client device and another client device;

in response to the transmission of the request from the client device, receive a first user interface control of the plurality of user interface controls for the application, the first user interface control being encapsulated with a virtualization component and an event-type variable associated with the first user interface control; and

render, at the client device, the first user interface control based on the virtualization component and the event-type variable associated with the first user interface control.

10 . The client device of claim 9 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

in response to a modification of an event-type variable associated with a second user interface control of the plurality of user interface controls, receive the modification for modifying the event-type variable associated with the first user interface control, wherein the second user interface control is associated with the another client device.

11 . The client device of claim 9 , wherein the client device and the another client device are associated with a user.

12 . The client device of claim 9 , wherein encapsulation of each of the plurality of user interface controls comprises:

determining that a user is executing the application simultaneously on the client device and the another client device.

13 . The client device of claim 9 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

receive a second user interface control of the plurality of user interface controls for the application, the second user interface control being encapsulated with another virtualization component and an event-type variable associated with the another client device, wherein the second user interface control is rendered at the another client device based on the another virtualization component.

14 . The client device of claim 9 , wherein the virtualization component comprises one or more of a copy of a header associated with the application, instructions for rendering the first user interface control, and at least one distributed-user-interface-related control.

15 . The client device of claim 9 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

cause the first user interface control to detect an interface type associated with the client device and/or provide at least one display instruction for rendering the first user interface control at the client device.