Experience convergence for multiple platforms

A system configured to provide user experience convergence for a software platform, comprising:

• a local data store;
• and
• a processor in communication with the local data store and configured to communicate with at least one cloud-based resource through a network, the processor being configured to perform processing comprising:
• launching a common layer including a browser and a shell, wherein the shell is a context-aware element of the common layer to interface between the common layer and operating system services of a device on which the software platform is operating;
• identifying a request for accessing an interface or functionality required by the software platform;
• determining a context in which the request was generated, the determining comprising:
• detecting, by the shell, whether the software platform is an on-premise solution or a cloud solution;
• examining, by the shell, the request to determine whether it requires local resources or cloud-based resources;
• and
• designating, by the shell, the context as a cloud-based context or an on-premise context based on the detecting whether the software platform is an on-premise solution or a cloud solution and the examining the request to determine whether the request requires local resources or cloud-based resources;
• and
• in response to the determining:
• performing processing related to a request generated in the on-premise context using at least one local resource stored in a local data store;
• or
• communicating, by the browser, with at least one cloud-based resource to perform processing related to a request generated in the cloud-based context.

A non-transitory computer readable medium configured to store common layer instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform the following processing:

• launching the common layer, the common layer including a browser and a shell, wherein the shell is a context-aware element of the common layer to interface between the common layer and operating system services of a device on which the software platform is operating;
• identifying a request for accessing an interface or functionality required by a software platform executed by the processor;
• determining a context in which the request was generated, the determining comprising:
• detecting, by the shell, whether the software platform is an on-premise solution or a cloud solution;
• examining, by the shell, the request to determine whether it requires local resources or cloud-based resources;
• and
• designating, by the shell, the context as a cloud-based context or an on-premise context based on the detecting whether the software platform is an on-premise solution or a cloud solution and the examining the request to determine whether the request requires local resources or cloud-based resources;
• and
• in response to the determining:
• performing processing related to a request generated in the on-premise context using at least one local resource stored in a local data store;
• or
• communicating, by the browser, with at least one cloud-based resource to perform processing related to a request generated in the cloud-based context.