System and Method for Issuing Commands to Applications Based on Contextual Information

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016110230-A1
Application number	US-201514978655-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 22, 2015
Priority date	Sep 24, 2009
Publication date	Apr 21, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A system and method for issuing commands to an application based on contextual information. A control application receives an indication that a text manipulation event has occurred in a user interface of a second application. Next, the control application queries the second application to obtain contextual information established by the second application prior to the event, the contextual information providing context to the text manipulation event that occurred in the user interface of the second application. The control application then issues one or more commands to the second application based on the contextual information providing context to the text manipulation event.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method comprising:
at a device with a touch-sensitive display:
determining context at a first application;
obtaining, at a second application that is different from the first application, the context of the first application, wherein the first application is a third-party application that is restricted from accessing information available to the second application;
receiving at the second application, text input information based on interactions with a soft keyboard displayed on the touch-sensitive display; and
in response to receiving the text information, issuing one or more commands from the second application to the first application based on the context at the first application and the text input information.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the text information includes location information that describes a physical location at which the text information was received by the device.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first application is a third-party application.

Assignees

• Apple Inc

Inventors

• Moore Bradford Allen
• Swales Stephen W

Classifications

• G06F3/0233 Primary

  Character input methods · CPC title

• G06F9/54 Primary

  Interprogram communication · CPC title

• G06F9/45512

  Command shells · CPC title

• G06F9/451

  Execution arrangements for user interfaces · CPC title

• G06F3/0237

  using prediction or retrieval techniques · CPC title