Initializing an application on an electronic device

A computer program product tangibly embodied in a non-transitory computer readable media and comprising instructions that when executed by a processor perform a method comprising:

• installing, in an electronic device, a package that contains an uninitialized application that (i) is configured to be embedded in a page conforming with hypertext markup language (HTML) and (ii) requires an HTML compliant variable for initialization of the application;
• detecting, in the electronic device, an instruction to initialize the application in an environment that is not an HTML compatible browser application;
• obtaining, in response to the instruction and from a file in the package, an application file name for an application file and at least one initialization value for the required HTML compliant variable;
• loading the application file identified by the application file name;
• and
• providing the at least one initialization value to the application prior to initialization of the application;
• and
• wherein the application is initialized in the environment using the at least one initialization value and is executed on the electronic device.

A computer-implemented method for providing an application for initialization on an electronic device, the method comprising:

• detecting, in a server device, an instruction to send a package that contains an application to an electronic device, the application (i) configured to be embedded in a page conforming with hypertext markup language (HTML) and (ii) requiring an HTML compliant variable for initialization, wherein the application is not initialized in an HTML compatible browser application;
• generating at least one initialization value for the required HTML compliant variable for the electronic device;
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• forwarding, in response to the instruction, the package for installation on the electronic device, the package including a file that contains an application file name for an application file and the initialization value for the required HTML compliant variable.

A computer program product tangibly embodied in a non-transitory computer readable medium and comprising instructions that when executed by a processor perform a method comprising:

• detecting, in a server device, an instruction to send a package that contains an application to an electronic device, the application (i) configured to be embedded in a page conforming with hypertext markup language (HTML) and (ii) requiring an HTML compliant variable for initialization, wherein the application is not initialized in an HTML compatible browser application;
• generating at least one initialization value for the required HTML compliant variable for the electronic device;
• and
• forwarding, in response to the instruction, the package for installation on the electronic device, the package including a file that contains an application file name for an application file and the initialization value for the required HTML compliant variable.

An electronic device comprising:

• a display device;
• a processor configured to generate output for presentation on the display device;
• and
• a computer readable storage medium having stored software for execution by the processor, the software including:
• (i) a program configured for swf format and including an object for visualizing content on the display device;
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• (ii) a package for initializing an uninitialized application on the electronic device, the application (a) configured to be embedded in a page conforming with hypertext markup language (HTML) and (b) requiring an HTML compliant variable for initialization, the package comprising (a) an application file, (b) at least one initialization value for the required HTML compliant variable, and (c) an application file name for the application file;
• wherein the application file name is obtained from the package and used to load the application file into the object with the initialization value for initializing the application, and wherein the initialization value is provided to the application prior to initialization of the application, and the application is not initialized in an HTML compatible browser application.

A computer program product tangibly embodied in a non-transitory computer readable medium and comprising instructions that when executed by a processor generate:

• a packaging tool configured to generate a package that contains an application to be installed on an electronic device, the application (i) configured to be embedded in a page conforming with hypertext markup language (HTML) and (ii) requiring an HTML compliant variable for initialization, the package comprising (a) an application file, (b) at least one initialization value for the HTML compliant variable, and (c) an application file name for the application file;
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• a communication tool configured to detect an instruction to send the package to the electronic device, prompt the packaging tool to generate a package, and to forward, in response to the instruction, the package for installation on the electronic device;
• wherein the application file name is obtained from the package and used to load the application file into the object with the initialization value for initializing the application, and wherein the initialization value is provided to the application prior to initialization of the application, and the application is not initialized in an HTML compatible browser application.