System, device and method for managing interactive content on a computing device
AssigneeBlackBerry Limited
InventorsSang-Heun Kim, Charles Laurence Stinson, Christopher Smith
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Abstract
A system, device and method for managing interactive content on a computing device are provided. In an embodiment, a computing device in the form of a portable computing device is configured to execute a web-browser application and a parser application. The web-browser application is configured to obtain and display a web page. The parser application is configured to detect an interactive element in the web page, the interactive element initiating execution of an application when activated. The parser application is further configured to populate the web page with a visual identifier indicating the application initiated by activation of the interactive element.
Claims22
A portable computing device comprising:
- a storage device configured to maintain a first web-browser application;
- at least one processor connected to said storage device and configured to execute said first web-browser application;
- an interface connected to said processor;
- said processor configured to receive a web page for display by said first-web browser application from a server via said interface;
- said web page including at least one interactive element for initiating execution of a second application associated with said at least one interactive element;
- said processor configured to assess said web page to detect said at least one interactive element;
- said processor further configured to populate said web page with at least one visual identifier for identifying said second application associated with said interactive element;
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- a display connected to said processor;
- said processor further configured to generate said web page with said at least one visual identifier on said display.
A system for managing interactive content, the system comprising:
- a server configured to maintain a web page for generation using a first web-browser application;
- said web page including at least one interactive element for initiating execution of a second application associated with said at least one interactive element;
- said server having an interface to connect said server to a network;
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- a portable computing device having a storage device configured to maintain a web-browser application;
- said portable computing device having at least one processor connected to said storage device and configured to execute said first web-browser application;
- said portable computing device having an interface for interconnecting said processor and said network;
- said processor configured to receive said web page for display by said first-web browser application from said server via said interface;
- said processor configured to assess said web page to detect said at least one interactive element;
- said processor further configured to populate said web page with at least one visual identifier for identifying said second application associated with said interactive element;
- said portable computing device further comprising a display connected to said processor;
- said processor further configured to generate said web page with said at least one visual identifier on said display.
A method of managing interactive content on a portable computing device having a storage device, a display and an interface, the method comprising:
- receiving a web page for display by a first web-browser application from a server via said interface, said web page including at least one interactive element for initiating execution of a second application associated with said at least one interactive element;
- assessing said web page to detect said at least one interactive element;
- populating said web page with at least one visual identifier maintained at said storage device for identifying said second application associated with said interactive element;
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- generating said web page with said at least one visual identifier on said display.
A computer readable storage medium configured to maintain a plurality of programming instructions for a processor of a portable computing device;
- said processor configured to execute said programming instructions;
- said programming instructions comprising the method of:
- receiving a web page for display by a first web-browser application from a server via an interface of said portable computing device, said web page including at least one interactive element for initiating execution of a second application associated with said at least one interactive element;
- assessing said web page to detect said at least one interactive element;
- populating said web page with at least one visual identifier maintained at a storage device of said portable computing device for identifying said second application associated with said interactive element;
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- generating said web page with said at least one visual identifier on a display of said portable computing device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.