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Technique for sharing information between applications

  • US 5,862,377 A
  • Filed: 03/27/1996
  • Issued: 01/19/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/26/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of communicating data between a sender application and a receiver application, said sender application and said receiver application executing on a computer system, said method comprising the steps of:

  • said receiver application registering a set of receiver data tokens in a registry, said receiver data tokens corresponding to a first set of data required by said receiver application;

    said sender application receiving user interaction information representing user interaction with a graphical interface associated with said sender application;

    said sender application, responsive to the receipt of the user interaction information, identifying a set of receiver applications to which subsets of the user interaction information are to be transmitted based on receiver data tokens registered in said registry;

    said sender application transmitting a subset of the user interaction information to said receiver application if said receiver application is a member of said identified set of receiver applications; and

    said receiver application updating a graphical interface associated with said receiver application after receiving the subset of the user interaction information.

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