Browser-based Discovery and Application Switching
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1. A method comprising:
- navigating, via a web browser, to a website;
ascertaining, via the web browser, whether the website has any information associated with an installable application;
responsive to ascertaining said information, ascertaining, via the web browser, whether the installable application has been installed;
responsive to the installable application not being installed, displaying, via the web browser, an application store button sufficient to enable a user to navigate to an application store to acquire the installable application; and
responsive to the installable application being installed, displaying, via the web browser, a switching user interface configured to enable the user to opt to switch to an installed application.
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Abstract
Various embodiments enable a web browser to promote the availability of an installable application that is associated with a website to which the web browser has been navigated. The web browser is configured to discover the availability of these applications and, responsively, provide a user experience through which the user can acquire and install such applications, as well as switch to applications that have previously been installed. Thus, through the various embodiments, a user is relieved of the burden of having to navigate to a particular application store and periodically search for applications associated with sites to which they browse.
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30 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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navigating, via a web browser, to a website; ascertaining, via the web browser, whether the website has any information associated with an installable application; responsive to ascertaining said information, ascertaining, via the web browser, whether the installable application has been installed; responsive to the installable application not being installed, displaying, via the web browser, an application store button sufficient to enable a user to navigate to an application store to acquire the installable application; and responsive to the installable application being installed, displaying, via the web browser, a switching user interface configured to enable the user to opt to switch to an installed application. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. One or more computer readable storage media embodying computer readable instructions which, when executed, implement a web browser configured to:
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ascertain whether a webpage to which the web browser has been navigated has an associated application; and responsive to the webpage having an associated application, enable a user to switch from the web browser to the associated application using a switching user interface displayed by the web browser. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 21, 22, 23)
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16. A computing device comprising:
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one or more processors; one or more computer readable media; a web browser embodied on the one or more computer readable media and executable under the influence of the one or more processors, the web browser being configured to; ascertain whether a webpage to which the web browser has been navigated has an associated application; responsive to the webpage having an associated application, enable a user to at least; acquire the application; and switch from the web browser to the associated application in a manner that preserves the user'"'"'s webpage context. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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24. One or more computer readable storage media embodying computer readable instructions which, when executed, implement a web browser configured to:
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navigate to a website; display a user interface that is configured to enable a user to acquire an installable application associated with the website; and display a user interface that is configured to enable a user to switch to an acquired installable application. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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