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CROSS-ENVIRONMENT APPLICATION COMPATIBILITY

  • US 20120089906A1
  • Filed: 10/03/2011
  • Published: 04/12/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/01/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • opening a document file with a first application running on a first operating system, the user content of the document file representing a stored document state;

    accepting user input in the first application, the first application having, as a result of responding to the user input, a first user interaction state, the first user interaction state including a modified document state;

    storing application state information representing the first user interaction state within the first computing environment, the application state information including application context information;

    releasing a file lock of the document file by the first application without saving the modified document state to the document file;

    opening, by a second application running on a second operating system, the document file;

    accessing, by the second application, the application state information associated with the first user interaction state; and

    applying, by the second application, the application context information to present an interaction state of the second application that is substantially similar to the first user interaction state.

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