Dynamically extensible application program framework including message and notification routing
First Claim
1. A system for a dynamically extensible application program framework, said system comprising:
- an application program having functionality; and
one or more extension objects that modify said functionality during execution of said application program.
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Abstract
Dynamically configuring an application program at run-time via one or more extension objects. The invention software implements a framework with one or more extension objects providing functionality to an application program and an application manager for integrating the functionality with the application program during execution of the application program. The framework of the invention also formulates and routes application messages between extensible objects of one application program and extensible objects of other application programs implementing a similar, dynamically extensible application program framework. On receipt of messages or notifications, the framework of the receiving application program facilitates the discovery of the intended recipient extension object and routes the message accordingly.
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51 Claims
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1. A system for a dynamically extensible application program framework, said system comprising:
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an application program having functionality; and
one or more extension objects that modify said functionality during execution of said application program. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. One or more computer-readable media having computer-executable modules for implementing an extensible application program framework, said modules comprising:
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one or more extension objects providing functionality to an application program; and
an application manager module for integrating said functionality with said application program during execution of said application program. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A method for dynamically configuring an application program, said method comprising:
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defining one or more extension objects to provide functionality to the application program; and
integrating the functionality provided by the one or more extension objects with said application program during execution of said application program. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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44. A system for switching between multiple views of a workspace in a user interface, said system comprising:
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at least one view extension object providing at least one user interface element for the user interface, said user interface being associated with a dynamically extensible application, said view extension object corresponding to a view selection service object; and
a view selector object for managing the view selection service object to transition a view for the workspace. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46, 47, 48)
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49. A computer-readable medium having stored thereon a data structure representing a header for a message, said message being encapsulated by an extension object in an extension object hierarchy of a dynamically extensible application program, said data structure comprising:
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a type field identifying a class of the extension object; and
a name field identifying the extension object. - View Dependent Claims (50, 51)
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