Providing Enhanced Application Interoperability

• US 20150113446A1
• Filed: 10/16/2014
• Published: 04/23/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/18/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Citrix Systems, Inc. (Cloud Software Group)
• Original Assignee: Citrix Systems, Inc. (Cloud Software Group)
• Inventors: Penha, Priscila K., Nash, Kelly M., Sakurai, Daisuke, Yeh, Shih-Hao
• Granted Patent: US 10,341,270 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/753
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1694 the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1637 Sensing arrangement for detection of housing movement or orientation, e.g. for controlling scrolling or cursor movement on the display of an handheld computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/046 Interoperability with other network applications or services
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality

Abstract

Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for providing enhanced application interoperability are presented. In some embodiments, a computing device may present, on at least one display screen, a first user interface that is associated with a first application. In response to determining that the at least one display screen has been rotated from a first orientation to a second orientation, the computing device may present, on the at least one display screen, a second user interface that is associated with a second application different from the first application. In one or more embodiments, the second user interface may include at least some information that is contextually related to information included in the first user interface. In addition, a state of the first application may be preserved when the second user interface that is associated with the second application is presented.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

presenting, by a computing device, and on at least one display screen, a first user interface that is associated with a first application;

determining, by the computing device, that the at least one display screen has been rotated from a first orientation to a second orientation; and

based on determining that the at least one display screen has been rotated from the first orientation to the second orientation, presenting, by the computing device, and on the at least one display screen, a second user interface that is associated with a second application different from the first application,

wherein the second user interface includes at least some information that is contextually related to information included in the first user interface, and

wherein a state of the first application is preserved when the second user interface that is associated with the second application is presented.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein functionality of the second application is limited when the second user interface that is associated with the second application is presented on the at least one display screen in the second orientation.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first application is suspended in a background mode when the second user interface that is associated with the second application is presented.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

after presenting the second user interface that is associated with the second application, receiving, by the computing device, user input via the second user interface; and

updating, by the computing device, the second user interface based on the user input.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

after presenting the second user interface that is associated with the second application, determining, by the computing device, that the at least one display screen has been rotated from the second orientation to the first orientation; and

based on determining that the at least one display screen has been rotated from the second orientation to the first orientation, presenting, by the computing device, and on the at least one display screen, the first user interface that is associated with the first application.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the state of the first application is restored when the first user interface that is associated with the first application is presented after determining that the at least one display screen has been rotated from the second orientation to the first orientation.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the first application provides contextual information to the second application in accordance with one or more policies.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the first application is a mail application and the second application is a calendar application.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the first application is a contacts application and the second application is a chat application.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the first application is a calendar application and the second application is a tasks application.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the first application is a calendar application and the second application is a notes application.

12. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions stored thereon that, when executed, cause at least one computing device to:

present, on at least one display screen, a first user interface that is associated with a first application;

determine that the at least one display screen has been rotated from a first orientation to a second orientation; and

based on determining that the at least one display screen has been rotated from the first orientation to the second orientation, present, on the at least one display screen, a second user interface that is associated with a second application different from the first application,

wherein the second user interface includes at least some information that is contextually related to information included in the first user interface, and

wherein a state of the first application is preserved when the second user interface that is associated with the second application is presented.

13. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 12, wherein functionality of the second application is limited when the second user interface that is associated with the second application is presented on the at least one display screen in the second orientation.

14. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 12, wherein the first application is suspended in a background mode when the second user interface that is associated with the second application is presented.

15. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 12, having additional computer-executable instructions stored thereon that, when executed, further cause the at least one computing device to:

after presenting the second user interface that is associated with the second application, receive user input via the second user interface; and

update the second user interface based on the user input.

16. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 12, having additional computer-executable instructions stored thereon that, when executed, further cause the at least one computing device to:

after presenting the second user interface that is associated with the second application, determine that the at least one display screen has been rotated from the second orientation to the first orientation; and

based on determining that the at least one display screen has been rotated from the second orientation to the first orientation, present, on the at least one display screen, the first user interface that is associated with the first application.

17. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 16, wherein the state of the first application is restored when the first user interface that is associated with the first application is presented after determining that the at least one display screen has been rotated from the second orientation to the first orientation.

18. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 12, wherein the first application provides contextual information to the second application in accordance with one or more policies.

19. A computing device, comprising:

at least one processor; and

memory storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the computing device to;

present, on at least one display screen, a first user interface that is associated with a first application;

determine that the at least one display screen has been rotated from a first orientation to a second orientation; and

based on determining that the at least one display screen has been rotated from the first orientation to the second orientation, present, on the at least one display screen, a second user interface that is associated with a second application different from the first application,

wherein the second user interface includes at least some information that is contextually related to information included in the first user interface, and

wherein a state of the first application is preserved when the second user interface that is associated with the second application is presented.

20. The computing device of claim 19, wherein functionality of the second application is limited when the second user interface that is associated with the second application is presented on the at least one display screen in the second orientation.