Systems and methods for sharing context among standalone applications

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform acts comprising:

• receiving, by a framework executing on a computing device, a keyword based upon a user input to a first standalone application in a plurality of standalone applications executing on the computing device, the first standalone application is loaded via the framework, wherein the keyword is associated with an asset of the first standalone application, wherein the asset is stored in a first data source associated with the first standalone application;
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• storing, by the framework, the keyword in a context object, wherein the context object comprises:
• a mapping between the keyword and the asset stored in the first data source;
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• an identifier for the first standalone application, wherein the context object is accessible by each of the plurality of standalone applications in the framework;
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• performing, by a second standalone application in the plurality of standalone applications loaded via the framework, an operation based upon the context object, wherein a second data source is associated with the second standalone application.

A method executed by a computing device for gathering related content from a plurality of standalone applications executing on the computing device based on a shared set of data, comprising:

• receiving, by a framework executing on the computing device, a keyword based upon a user input to a first standalone application in the plurality of standalone applications, the first standalone application is loaded via the framework, wherein the keyword is associated with an asset of the first standalone application, wherein the asset is stored in a first data source associated with the first standalone application;
• storing, by the framework, the keyword in a context object, wherein the context object comprises:
• a mapping between the keyword and the asset stored in the first data source;
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• an identifier for the first standalone application;
• broadcasting, by the framework, an event to a second standalone application in the plurality of standalone applications, the event indicative of a status of the context object, wherein a second data source is associated with the second standalone application;
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• receiving, by the framework, a result of an operation performed by the second standalone application, the result including a second asset associated with the second standalone application and related to the keyword.