Application registration and interaction

A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer readable instructions stored thereon, the computer readable instructions being executable by a user terminal to cause the user terminal to perform a method of selecting a service for processing of a data object on the user terminal, the user terminal comprising a processor, the method comprising:

• receiving from each of a plurality of different applications, an indication of one or more services that the respective application is configured to perform;
• receiving from each of the plurality of applications, an indication of one or more characteristics of data objects, wherein each of the data objects is associated with a respective service that is configured to be performed by the respective application, and the one or more characteristics of a respective data object comprise one or more of:
• an object size, an object dimension, an object duration, and an object age;
• maintaining in a data store:
• first data entries relating to the one or more services that are executed by one or more applications;
• second data entries relating to the one or more predetermined characteristics of data objects in respect of the corresponding ones of the one or more services are performed;
• action data entries defining one or more processing actions for performance on selection of a service of the one or more services in respect of the data objects having characteristics as defined by the second data entries;
• and
• outcome data entries defining how the method is to proceed after performance of the one or more processing actions indicated by respective action data entries;
• determining one or more data objects for selection by a user;
• identifying, based on the determined one or more data objects and on the first and second data entries, one or more services that are performed in relation to at least one of the one or more data objects;
• and
• displaying, on a display of the user terminal, one or more first selectable elements corresponding to at least one of the identified one or more services, and one or more second selectable elements corresponding to at least one of the determined one or more data objects, each of the first and second selectable elements being for selection by a user of the user terminal.

A user terminal comprising a processor, the user terminal being configured to:

• receive from each of a plurality of different applications, an indication of one or more services that the respective application is configured to perform;
• receive from each of the plurality of applications, an indication of one or more characteristics of data objects, wherein each of the data objects is associated with a respective service that is configured to be performed by the respective application, and the one or more characteristics of a respective data object comprise one or more of:
• an object size, an object dimension, an object duration, and an object age;
• maintain, in a data store:
• first data entries relating to the one or more services that are executed by one or more applications;
• second data entries relating to the one or more predetermined characteristics of data objects in respect of the corresponding ones of the one or more services are performed;
• action data entries defining one or more processing actions for performance on selection of a service of the one or more services in respect of the data objects having characteristics as defined by the second data entries;
• and
• outcome data entries defining how the user terminal is to proceed after performance of the one or more processing actions indicated by respective action data entries;
• determine one or more data objects for selection by a user;
• identify, based on the determined one or more data objects and on the first and second data entries, one or more services that are performed in relation to at least one of the one or more data objects;
• and
• display, on a display of the user terminal, one or more first selectable elements corresponding to at least one of the identified one or more services, and one or more second selectable elements corresponding to at least one of the determined one or more data objects, each of the first and second selectable elements being for selection by a user of the user terminal.