Framework and Methods for Providing Communication Services to Client Applications

• US 20090178062A1
• Filed: 06/09/2008
• Published: 07/09/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/08/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Westen, Peter
• Application Number:
  US12/135,927
• Publication Number:
  US 20090178062A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 719/328
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/147 Communication arrangements, e.g. identifying the communication as a video-communication, intermediate storage of the signals selecting H04Q

Abstract

The disclosed implementations provide an infrastructure and methods for providing communication services to an application through an Application Programming Interface (API).

Claims

1. A computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to perform operations comprising:

running one or more applications;

receiving from at least one running application a request for communication services; and

responsive to the request, providing the requested services to the application.

2. The computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein receiving a request further comprises:

receiving one or more parameters from the requesting application for use by the services.

3. The computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein providing the requested services further comprises:

providing information to the application.