Patent ID: 11941431
Assignee: PARALLELS INTERNATIONAL GMBH
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 3:
4. A method for managing software applications, comprising:
establishing a chain application comprising a sequence of two or more applications; wherein
the chain application is established through a graphical user interface (GUI) wherein a user drags-and-drops a source icon representing an application of the two or more applications onto a destination icon representing another application of the two or more applications;
the GUI at least one of:
presents a graphical indication within the GUI upon selection of the source icon such that the graphical indication associated with each software application indicates whether the software application is compatible with the application of the two or more applications; and
modifies icons of software applications rendered within the GUI upon selection of the source icon such that the modification applied to each icon associated with each software application indicates whether the software application is compatible with the application of the two or more applications;

the determination of whether a software application is compatible with the application of the one or more application is made in dependence upon application profiles for the software applications and the application of the two or more applications; and
each application profile contains information pertaining to the types of data can be passed into the respective application and the types of data that can be produced by the application.