US 7,925,735 B2 · Network-based application late binding

Abstract

The claimed subject matter provides late network binding functionality to network or web-based applications or services. An application gateway component exposes generic interfaces for different types of network applications allowing client application developers to utilize generic functionality. Client applications can invoke the generic interfaces, at which point the application gateway component can determine contextual information related to the end user. Using the contextual information, the application gateway component can perform late network binding to a network or web-based application or service by generating and transmitting a request thereto based at least in part on the generic interface invocation and user context. The contextual information can include explicit binding information or data that can be utilized to determine or infer binding preferences.

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Dependent claims

A computer implemented system that facilitates late network application binding, comprising:

a request receiver component that receives one or more generic network application interface invocations from a client;
a context component that establishes a context related to the client;
a request generator component that creates a late network binding for the generic application interface invocation based at least in part on the context;
wherein internal behavior of an application is alterable based on the context;
and
a user configuration component that employs the context to infer the late network binding specific to a web service of the network;
wherein the late network binding is overridable by a choice of the client.

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Network-based application late binding

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Abstract

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