Searching SaaS virtual applications

A computing device, comprising:

• a memory;
• a processor coupled to the memory and configured to perform a method for searching applications, the method including:
• receiving, at a unified interface running a computing device, a set of search terms, the computing device having a set of virtual applications configured to run within the unified interface, wherein the set of virtual applications are not opened on the client device when the search terms are received;
• obtaining, at the computing device, a search list that specifies remotely located source applications that are searchable, wherein each source application corresponds to one of the virtual applications;
• constructing a search request for each source application in the search list, each search request including the set of search terms configured for a search function of a respective source application;
• receiving responses from each source application based on the set of search terms;
• providing a list of search results to the computing device;
• and
• opening a corresponding virtual application within the unified interface via the computing device in response to a selection of a search result from the list of search results.

A computer program product stored on a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, which when executed by a computing system, performs a method for searching applications, the method comprising:

• receiving, at a unified interface running a computing device, a set of search terms, the computing device having a set of virtual applications configured to run within the unified interface, wherein the set of virtual applications are not opened on the client device when the search terms are received;
• obtaining, at the computing device, a search list that specifies remotely located source applications that are searchable, wherein each source application corresponds to one of the virtual applications;
• constructing a search request for each source application in the search list, each search request including the set of search terms configured for a search function of a respective source application;
• receiving responses from each source application based on the set of search terms;
• providing a list of search results to the computing device;
• and
• opening a corresponding virtual application within the unified interface via the computing device in response to a selection of a search result from the list of search results.