Live companion user interface
First Claim
1. A method performed on a computing device, the method comprising:
- obtaining, by a companion application that is being executed by the computing device, metadata that is descriptive of data being displayed in a user interface of a host application that is also being executed by the computing device, where the host application is separate from and substantially unaware of the companion application; and
displaying, by the companion application, the obtained metadata in a user interface of the companion application.
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Abstract
An apparatus and method provide a companion application via a companion application corresponding to a host window provided by a host application, the companion window providing information or metadata descriptive of data in the host window. The host application and companion applications may be separate applications such that the host application is unaware of the companion application. The companion application may hook into the host application (e.g., via an application programming interface) and may monitor host application activities and/or data. Based on identification of data or events in the host application, the companion application may obtain information characterizing or providing a context for data provided by the host application. The host window and companion window may be attached to each other, the host window providing host application data and the companion window providing data describing the host application data.
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20 Claims
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1. A method performed on a computing device, the method comprising:
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obtaining, by a companion application that is being executed by the computing device, metadata that is descriptive of data being displayed in a user interface of a host application that is also being executed by the computing device, where the host application is separate from and substantially unaware of the companion application; and displaying, by the companion application, the obtained metadata in a user interface of the companion application. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A computing device comprising:
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a processor; memory coupled to the processor; a companion application implemented at least in part by the processor and the memory, and configured to obtain metadata that is descriptive of data of a host application also implemented at least in part by the processor and the memory, where the host application is separate from and substantially unaware of the companion application; and the companion application further configured to display the obtained metadata in a user interface of the companion application. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. At least one computer storage media that is an article of manufacture and that stores computer-executable instructions that, based on execution by a computing device, configures the computing device to perform actions comprising:
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obtaining, by a companion application that is being executed by the computing device, metadata that is descriptive of data being displayed in a user interface of a host application being executed by the computing device, where the host application is separate from and substantially unaware of the companion application; and displaying, by the companion application, the obtained metadata in a user interface of the companion application. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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