Communication among browser windows
AssigneeYahoo! Inc.
InventorJustin Charles Everett-Church
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Abstract
A technique for communicating among browser windows includes communicating between a first browser window and a first plugin file; communicating between the first plugin file and a second plugin file, wherein the second plugin file is associated with a second browser window; and communicating between the second plugin file and the second browser window, and wherein the plugin files function as a communication medium between the first and second browser windows.
Claims4
A method of communicating among webpages running in different browser windows, comprising:
- on a first computing device, a first webpage running in a first browser window that runs in conjunction with a first browser program calling a function in a first plugin file running on a first plugin that runs in conjunction with the first browser program;
- on the first computing device, in response to the first webpage calling the function, the first plugin file sending a first communication to a second plugin file running on a second plugin that runs in conjunction with a second browser program that is different from the first browser program, wherein the second plugin file is associated with a second browser window;
- on the first computing device, in response to the second plugin file receiving the first communication from the first plugin file, the second plugin file sending a second communication to a second webpage running in the second browser window that runs in conjunction with the second browser program;
- wherein the first and second plugin files function as a communication medium between the first and second webpages;
- in response to the second webpage receiving a communication from the first webpage, communicating between the second webpage running in the second browser window on the first computing device and a third webpage running in a third browser window on a second computing device via an instant messenger service.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing one or more sequences of instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to perform the steps of:
- on a first computing device, a first webpage running in a first browser window that runs in conjunction with a first browser program calling a function in a first plugin file running on a first plugin that runs in conjunction with the first browser program;
- on the first computing device, in response to the first webpage calling the function, the first plugin file sending a first communication to a second plugin file running on a second plugin that runs in conjunction with a second browser program that is different from the first browser program, wherein the second plugin file is associated with a second browser window;
- on the first computing device, in response to the second plugin file receiving the first communication from the first plugin file, the second plugin file sending a second communication to a second webpage running in the second browser window that runs in conjunction with the second browser program;
- wherein the first and second plugin files function as a communication medium between the first and second webpages;
- in response to the second webpage receiving a communication from the first webpage, communicating between the second webpage running in the second browser window on the first computing device and a third webpage running in a third browser window on a second computing device via an instant messenger service.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.