Method, system and apparatus for controlling an application
AssigneeMitel Networks Corporation
InventorsTRUNG (TIM) TRINH, Thomas A. GRAY
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Abstract
A method, system and apparatus of controlling at least one application on an electronic device. Interfacing occurs between a context object and the at least one application. Context data is retrieved from the context object. At least one of the following further occurs: the context object is updated with new context data derived from interactions with the at least one application; the behaviour of the at least one application is modulated based on the context data; and at least one data field in the application is populated with the context data.
Claims20
A method for controlling at least one application on an electronic device comprising:
- interfacing between a context object and the at least one application;
- and
- retrieving context data from said context object;
- and
- at least one of:
- updating said context object with new context data derived from interactions with the at least one application;
- and
- modulating behaviour of the at least one application based on said context data;
- and
- populating at least one data field in the application with said context data.
The method of claim 10, wherein said context data comprises scheduling data of collaborating parties associated with a context, and modulating said behaviour comprises processing said schedule data.
The method of claim 11, wherein said modulating said behaviour further comprises offering options in a user interface based on said context.
The method of claim 11, further comprising determining a subset of collaborating parties that are participating in a conference via at least one communication device, and wherein said processing said schedule data comprising processing schedule data associated with said subset.
The method of claim 15, wherein said context data comprises keywords, said keywords comprising at least one of common keywords and apposite keywords and said modulating said behaviour comprises searching on at least one of said keywords.
The method of claim 16, wherein said populating said at least one data field comprises populating said at least one data field in a plurality of browser applications, each associated with collaborating parties associated with a context, in a one-to-one relationship.
The method of claim 16, wherein said interactions with the at least one application comprises automatic speech recognition for identifying said keywords and wherein said searching on at least one of said keywords is initiated in response to said automatic speech recognition identifying said at least one of said keywords.
An electronic device for controlling at least one application, comprising:
- a communication interface for interfacing between a context object and the at least one application;
- a processing unit enabled for:
- retrieving context data from said context object;
- and
- at least one of:
- updating said context object with new context data derived from interactions with the at least one application
- modulating behaviour of the at least one application based on said context data;
- and
- populating at least one data field in the application with said context data.
A method for controlling at least one application on an electronic device comprising:
- interfacing between an active context object and the at least one application via a harness application, said active context object associated with an active context;
- retrieving context data from said active context object;
- and
- at least one of:
- updating said active context object with new context data derived from interactions with the at least one application, said interactions associated with said active context;
- enabling a first set of features in the at least one application;
- disabling a second set of features in the at least one application;
- and
- populating at least one data field in the application with said context data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.