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Client services for web-based applications

  • US 9,262,593 B2
  • Filed: 06/25/2012
  • Issued: 02/16/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/25/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system implemented on a local computing device for acquiring access to a web-based application, comprising:

  • one or more computer-readable storage media;

    an application for accessing and retrieving over a network a plurality of resources, including resources composed in a markup language, said application being stored on the one or more computer-readable storage media and executing on the local computing device;

    a program interface embodied on the one or more computer-readable storage media, the program interface being configured to present a common set of application program interfaces (APIs) on the local computing device that can be used by the locally executing application to demonstrate that a user of the application is entitled to access the web-based application by making the APIs accessible to a website hosted on a remote server for querying if the user of the application is authorized to access the web-based application;

    programming logic embodied on the one or more computer-readable storage media, the programming logic being configured to determine if the user of the application is authorized to access the web-based application and if it is determined that authorization has not been established to access the web-based application, directing the application to communicate with a marketplace to obtain authorization to access the web-based application.

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