US 2020/0050464 A1Published application

Collaborative and non-collaborative workspace application container with application persistence

AssigneeAdobe Inc.

InventorsSteven P. Yankovich, Matthias Zeller, Daniel McWeeney

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Abstract

Collaborative and non-collaborative work spaces can each be defined by a workspace definition that includes a workspace identifier referring to a workspace where an application container having a user interface can instantiate the workspace based on the workspace definition, and a collection of application identifiers each referring to an application provider for an application. Each application can be configured to execute in the application container for the instantiated workspace, and each application can have a visual representation in the user interface. The workspace definition can also include one or more participants, where each participant refers to one or more workspace participants.

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Dependent claims

A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising a workspace definition, the workspace definition including:

a workspace identifier that identifies a workspace where an application container can instantiate the workspace at a client system based on the workspace definition, wherein the application container includes a user interface;
an application identifier that refers to an application provider server that is external to the client system and an application hosted at the application provider server, wherein the application, when transferred to and executed in the application container, creates a visual representation in the user interface;
workspace state information defining a public workspace view and a private workspace view, wherein the public workspace view defines a first size and first location of the visual representation, and wherein the private workspace view defines a second size and second location of the visual representation;
and
a plurality of participant identifiers, each referring to a workspace participant, wherein a first subset of the workspace participants is authorized to instantiate the workspace using only the public workspace view, and wherein a second subset of the workspace participants is authorized to instantiate the workspace using the private workspace view.

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A client system comprising:

a display device;
a computer readable medium including a program product;
and
one or more processors configured to interact with the display device, execute the program product and perform operations comprising:
receiving, at a client system, a workspace definition comprising a workspace identifier, an application identifier, workspace state information, and a plurality of participant identifiers;
in response to receiving the workspace definition at the client system, instantiating, by an application container having a user interface, a workspace identified by the workspace identifier;
receiving an application at the client system from an application provider server that is external to the client system, wherein the application identifier identifies the application provider server and the application;
executing the application in the application container, wherein executing the application creates a visual representation in the user interface, and wherein the visual representation has a size and location that is defined by the workspace state information;
and
authorizing a workspace participant identified by one of the participant identifiers to access the visual representation.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.