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System and method for interprocess communication in electronic devices

  • US 8,769,551 B2
  • Filed: 02/05/2008
  • Issued: 07/01/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/06/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. In an electronic device, a method of enabling a first application executed on the electronic device to employ an action/data-type handler of a second application comprising the steps of:

  • registering the handler of the second application, wherein the handler is designed to handle a single verb/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension (MIME)-type pair;

    receiving an incoming request including the verb/MIME-type for the handler from the first application, wherein the incoming request includes a parameter to direct performance by the handler;

    determining which application registered the handler that matches the verb/MIME-type pair of the request,based on the determination that the second application has registered the handler that matches the verb/MIME-type of the request, determining if the parameter specifies a local request then the handler in the request is only matched if the second application is local and wherein if the parameter specifies a remote request then the handler in the request is only matched if the second application is remote;

    delivering the request to the second application for execution in response to the handler in the request being matched to the handler registered by the second application; and

    returning a result of execution to the first application.

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