US 11,816,492 B2Granted

Third party integration of plugins and widgets

AssigneeIntuit Inc.

InventorsAnshu Verma, Carlos Ambrozak, Tapasvi Moturu, Muzaffar H. Malik, Jessica Yen Yen Sperling

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Abstract

This disclosure relates to widget integration. Embodiments include receiving a workflow definition specifying one or more widgets to be loaded into a shell executing within a given application, the shell comprising a runtime environment, the one or more widgets comprising at least a first cross-platform widget. Embodiments include instantiating the runtime environment for the first cross-platform widget, the runtime environment including a bridge interface for facilitating communications between each widget in the one or more widgets and the given application. Embodiments include loading the first cross-platform widget into the runtime environment. Embodiments include processing, through the bridge interface, a communication from the first cross-platform widget running within the shell, wherein the communication comprises a result of executing a function. Embodiments include determining, by the bridge interface, that a condition has been satisfied based on the communication and transmitting a message to the given application based on the condition being satisfied.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A system comprising:

one or more processors;
and
a memory comprising executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to:
receive, from an application server, a workflow definition specifying one or more widgets to be loaded into a shell executing within a given application, wherein each respective widget of the one or more widgets comprises a native widget, a cross-platform web-based widget, or a cross-platform framework widget;
initialize, by the shell, in response to the workflow definition specifying a native widget, a native runtime environment provided by a native widget proxy service;
initialize, by the shell, in response to the workflow definition specifying a cross-platform web-based widget, a browser-based runtime environment provided by a platform-agnostic widget proxy service;
initialize, by the shell, in response to the workflow definition specifying a cross-platform framework widget, a framework-based runtime environment provided by the platform-agnostic widget proxy service;
obtain, from the application server, a widget of the one or more widgets;
instantiate a runtime environment for the widget, the runtime environment including a bridge interface between the application server and the shell for facilitating communications involving widgets of the one or more widgets or involving the given application, the bridge interface being configured to process communications executing in the native runtime environment, the browser-based runtime environment, and the framework-based runtime environment;
load the widget into the runtime environment for execution of the widget;
and
process, through the bridge interface, a communication involving the widget.

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A method for widget integration, comprising:

receiving, from an application server, a workflow definition specifying one or more widgets to be loaded into a shell executing within a given application, wherein each respective widget of the one or more widgets comprises a native widget, a cross-platform web-based widget, or a cross-platform framework widget;
initializing, by the shell, in response to the workflow definition specifying a native widget, a native runtime environment provided by a native widget proxy service;
initializing, by the shell, in response to the workflow definition specifying a cross-platform web-based widget, a browser-based runtime environment provided by a platform-agnostic widget proxy service;
initializing, by the shell, in response to the workflow definition specifying a cross-platform framework widget, a framework-based runtime environment provided by the platform-agnostic widget proxy service;
obtaining, from the application server, a widget of the one or more widgets;
instantiating a runtime environment for the widget, the runtime environment including a bridge interface between the application server and the shell for facilitating communications involving widgets of the one or more widgets or involving the given application, the bridge interface being configured to process communications executing in the native runtime environment, the browser-based runtime environment, and the framework-based runtime environment;
loading the widget into the runtime environment for execution of the widget;
and
processing, through the bridge interface, a communication involving the widget.

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A method for widget integration, comprising:

receiving, from an application server, a workflow definition specifying one or more widgets to be loaded into a shell executing within a given application, wherein each respective widget of the one or more widgets comprises a native widget, a cross-platform web-based widget, or a cross-platform framework widget;
initializing, by the shell, in response to the workflow definition specifying a native widget, a native runtime environment provided by a native widget proxy service;
initializing, by the shell, in response to the workflow definition specifying a cross-platform web-based widget, a browser-based runtime environment provided by a platform-agnostic widget proxy service;
initializing, by the shell, in response to the workflow definition specifying a cross-platform framework widget, a framework-based runtime environment provided by the platform-agnostic widget proxy service;
obtaining, from the application server, a widget of the one or more widgets;
instantiating a runtime environment for the widget, the runtime environment including a bridge interface between the application server and the shell for facilitating communications involving widgets of the one or more widgets or involving the given application, the bridge interface being configured to process communications executing in the native runtime environment;
loading the cross-platform widget into the runtime environment;
and
processing, through the bridge interface, a communication involving the widget.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/177,849Filed 17 Feb 2021 · continuation
Priority: 22 Dec 2017
Published: US 2021/0165668 A13 Jun 2021
Granted: 14 Nov 2023
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification8 codes

G06F 9/44526
Dynamic linking or loading; Link editing at or after load time, e.g. Java class loading: plug-ins; Add-ons
G06F 3/04817
Based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like…:…
G06F 8/20
Arrangements for software engineering: software design
G06F 9/54
Multiprogramming arrangements: interprogram communication