Patent ID: 9436762
Filing Date: 2016-09-06
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A machine-implemented method for sharing an instance of a plug-in, the method comprising: determining whether a session associated with a current tab is also associated with a first tab, wherein the current tab and the first tab are included in a same instance of a window of an application; determining whether a security mode of the current tab matches a security mode of the first tab if the session associated with the current tab is also associated with the first tab, wherein the security modes of the current tab and the first tab respectively indicate one or more operations that are allowed to be performed by the current tab and the first tab on a computing device running the application; determining whether the first tab includes the instance of the plug-in if the security mode of the current tab matches the security mode of the first tab; and for the current tab, utilizing the plug-in in the first tab to access a shared resource associated with the first tab if the security mode of the current tab matches the security mode of the first tab, wherein the shared resource is shared between the first and current tabs according to the security mode.