Systems and methods for providing desktop software suites for web applications

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising machine-executable instructions that, upon execution by one or more computer processors, implements a method for enhancing a web-based application using a desktop-based application, said method comprising:

• (a) rendering a web-based document provided by said web-based application with said desktop-based application, wherein said desktop-based application comprises a desktop graphical user interface (GUI) that appears native to a computer and one or more enhanced features that are not available within said web-based application, wherein said one or more enhanced features comprise at least an account delegation engine, and wherein rendering said web-based document with said desktop-based application comprises:
• i) retrieving the web-based document from a universal resource locator (URL),
• ii) injecting into the web-based document at least one script executable by a web content renderer of the desktop-based application,
• iii) displaying, by the web content renderer, a content of the web-based document using the desktop GUI, wherein the web content renderer executes the at least one script to remove at least one visual element from a browser window such that the desktop GUI appears native to said computer and implement the one or more enhanced features for display within the desktop GUI;
• (b) receiving a user input via said desktop GUI of said desktop-based application executed on a computer, which user input is for selecting a user account from a plurality of user accounts provided by said account delegation engine;
• and
• (c) using said desktop GUI of said desktop-based application to display said web-based application along with one or more other web-based applications associated with said user account selected in (b).

A system for enhancing a web-based application using a desktop-based application, comprising a computer comprising one or more computer processors that are individually or collectively programmed to:

• (a) render a web-based document provided by said web-based application with said desktop-based application, wherein said desktop-based application comprises a desktop graphical user interface (GUI) that appears native to said system and one or more enhanced features that are not available within said web-based application, wherein said one or more enhanced features comprise at least an account delegation engine, and wherein rendering said web-based document with said desktop-based application comprises:
• i) retrieving the web-based document from a universal resource locator (URL),
• ii) injecting into the web-based document at least one script executable by a web content renderer of the desktop-based application,
• iii) displaying, by the web content renderer, a content of the web-based document using the desktop GUI, wherein the web content renderer executes the at least one script to remove at least one visual element from a browser window such that the desktop GUI appears native to said system and implement the one or more enhanced features for display within the desktop GUI;
• (b) receive a user input via said desktop GUI of said desktop-based application executed on said computer, which user input is for selecting a user account from a plurality of user accounts provided by said account delegation engine;
• and
• (c) use said desktop GUI of said desktop-based application to display said web-based application along with one or more other web-based applications associated with said user account selected in (b).