METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING AN APPLICATION

• US 20160050260A1
• Filed: 08/12/2014
• Published: 02/18/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/27/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Thomas A. Gray, Trung Trinh
• Original Assignee: Thomas A. Gray, Trung Trinh
• Inventors: TRINH, TRUNG (TIM), GRAY, Thomas A.
• Granted Patent: US 9,843,626 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1095 Meeting or appointment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1822 Conducting the conference, e.g. admission, detection, selection or grouping of participants, correlating users to one or more conference sessions, prioritising transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/42 Mailbox-related aspects, e.g. synchronisation of mailboxes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/2072 Schedules, e.g. personal calendars
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/527 Centralised call answering arrangements not requiring operator intervention
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/0027 Collaboration services where a computer is used for data transfer and the telephone is used for telephonic communication

Abstract

A method, system and apparatus of controlling at least one application on an electronic device. Interfacing occurs between a context object and the at least one application. Context data is retrieved from the context object. At least one of the following further occurs: the context object is updated with new context data derived from interactions with the at least one application; the behaviour of the at least one application is modulated based on the context data; and at least one data field in the application is populated with the context data.

Claims

1. A method for controlling at least one application on an electronic device comprising:

interfacing between a context object and the at least one application; and

retrieving context data from said context object; and

at least one of;

updating said context object with new context data derived from interactions with the at least one application; and

modulating behaviour of the at least one application based on said context data; and

populating at least one data field in the application with said context data.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said modulating the behaviour of said at least one application based on said context data comprises at least one of enabling a first set of features in the at least one application and disabling a second set of features in the at least one application.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said context object comprises an active context object.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining an active context and wherein said retrieving said context data from said context object is based on said active context.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein said context object is shared between collaborating parties associated with said context.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one application comprises an e-mail application.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein said context data comprises e-mail data associated with a context, and said modulating said behaviour comprises displaying all said e-mail data.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one application comprises a scheduling application.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein said context data comprises identifiers of users associated with a context and said populating said at least one data field comprises populating said at least one data field with said identifiers.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one application comprises a browser application.

17. The method of claim 1, wherein said interfacing between a context object and the at least one application occurs via a harness application at a second electronic device, said harness application in communication with said context object and the at least one application via a communication network.

18. The method of claim 1, wherein said context data comprises pre-programmed phrases.

11. The method of claim 11, further comprising determining a subset of collaborating parties that are participating in a conference via at least one communication device, and wherein said processing said schedule data comprising processing schedule data associated with said subset.

9. The method of claim 10, wherein said context data comprises scheduling data of collaborating parties associated with a context, and modulating said behaviour comprises processing said schedule data.

10. The method of claim 11, wherein said modulating said behaviour further comprises offering options in a user interface based on said context.

16. The method of claim 16, wherein said interactions with the at least one application comprises automatic speech recognition for identifying said keywords and wherein said searching on at least one of said keywords is initiated in response to said automatic speech recognition identifying said at least one of said keywords.

14. The method of claim 15, wherein said context data comprises keywords, said keywords comprising at least one of common keywords and apposite keywords and said modulating said behaviour comprises searching on at least one of said keywords.

15. The method of claim 16, wherein said populating said at least one data field comprises populating said at least one data field in a plurality of browser applications, each associated with collaborating parties associated with a context, in a one-to-one relationship.

19. An electronic device for controlling at least one application, comprising:

a communication interface for interfacing between a context object and the at least one application;

a processing unit enabled for;

retrieving context data from said context object; and

at least one of;

updating said context object with new context data derived from interactions with the at least one application

modulating behaviour of the at least one application based on said context data; and

populating at least one data field in the application with said context data.

20. A method for controlling at least one application on an electronic device comprising:

interfacing between an active context object and the at least one application via a harness application, said active context object associated with an active context;

retrieving context data from said active context object; and

at least one of;

updating said active context object with new context data derived from interactions with the at least one application, said interactions associated with said active context;

enabling a first set of features in the at least one application;

disabling a second set of features in the at least one application; and

populating at least one data field in the application with said context data.