Application model that integrates the web experience with the traditional client application experience

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8930944-B2
Application number	US-71580403-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 18, 2003
Priority date	Nov 18, 2003
Publication date	Jan 6, 2015
Grant date	Jan 6, 2015

Abstract

This Application Model includes elements that define the scope of an application, its startup and shutdown behavior, and how it manages windows and resources; provide basic navigation functionality, journaling and journal extensibility, browser integration, and Structured Navigation; and define the way an application is deployed, installed, activated, updated, rolled back, and removed from the system in a secure, non-impactful way. It also enables using the same tools and languages for Web applications and locally installed applications, and allows the same application to be hosted in the browser or in a standalone window, based on a compile-time attribute.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A computer-readable storage medium memory device having processor-executable instructions stored thereon that, when executed by one or more processors, implement an application framework for developing an application, comprising:
an application object that manages resources of an application;
a navigation component that provides navigation functionality for the application;
an application lifecycle management component that defines at least how the…

Assignees

• Goodwin Margaret
• Alcazar Mark A
• Microsoft Corp

Inventors

• Goodwin Margaret
• Alcazar Mark A

Classifications

• G06F8/61 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F8/20

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F9/4448

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F9/454

  Physics · mapped topic