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SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EMBEDDING FIRST PARTY WIDGETS IN THIRD-PARTY APPLICATIONS

  • US 20130347070A1
  • Filed: 03/15/2013
  • Published: 12/26/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/26/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for embedding a widget provided by a first-party system in a third-party application, the method comprising:

  • providing the third-party application with an embeddable first-party widget for embedding in a third-party web page, wherein the third-party web page is controlled by the third-party application;

    receiving a message at the embedded first-party widget from the embedding third-party application, wherein the message comprises an application identifier and an origin identifier;

    receiving at a first-party server from the embedded first-party widget the application identifier and the origin identifier;

    authenticating the application identifier at the first-party server, wherein said authenticating the application identifier comprises determining whether the application identifier references a valid third-party application;

    authenticating the origin identifier at the first-party server, wherein said authenticating the origin identifier comprises determining whether the origin identifier is associated with the valid third-party application that is referenced by the authenticated application identifier; and

    in response to said authenticating the application identifier and the origin identifier, enabling the first-party widget to access the first-party system from the embedding third-party application.

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