Method and apparatus for constructing a widget environment
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1. A method of constructing a widget environment, the method comprising:
- responsive to identifying that an application programming interface (API) that is available but not executable in a current device is called, searching for a remote device in which the API is executable;
converting the API into an API call in a Web service format using information of the remote device;
transmitting the API call to the remote device; and
receiving a result obtained from the API call being executed in the remote device.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus construct a widget environment. The method converts an application programming interface (API) into an API call in a Web service format in response to identifying that the API that is not executable in a current device is called. The method transmits the API call in the Web service format to a remote device in which the API is executable. The method receives a result obtained from the API call being executed in the Web service format in the remote device.
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1. A method of constructing a widget environment, the method comprising:
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responsive to identifying that an application programming interface (API) that is available but not executable in a current device is called, searching for a remote device in which the API is executable; converting the API into an API call in a Web service format using information of the remote device; transmitting the API call to the remote device; and receiving a result obtained from the API call being executed in the remote device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An apparatus for constructing a widget environment, the apparatus comprising:
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a controller, comprising hardware, the controller configured to, responsive to identifying that an application programming interface (API) that is available but not executable in the apparatus for constructing the widget environment is called, search for a remote device in which the API is executable, and convert the API into an API call in a Web service format using information of the remote device; a transmitter configured to transmit the API call to a remote device; and a receiver configured to receive a result obtained from the API call being executed in the remote device. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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