Patent ID: 9342325
Filing Date: 2016-05-17
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A method operable on a multi-modal device for transferring launch-configuration information for a set of panels and a first docking bar in a first application environment to a second application environment for a second docking bar in the second application environment, the method comprising: detecting a docking of the multi-modal device to a hardware module; displaying, in response to the docking, a user interface for the second application environment operating on the multi-modal device on the hardware module; receiving, in response to the docking, at the second application environment the launch-configuration information for launching launchable objects in the first application environment from the second application environment on the multi-modal device; parsing, by the second application environment operating on the multi-modal device docked to the hardware module, the launch-configuration information to determine a change to the set of panels or the first docking bar, wherein the change is in the first application environment operating on the hardware module; changing the second docking bar to include the change to the set of panels or the first docking bar based on parsing the launch-configuration information; sending, by the second application environment, a request for the launch-configuration information to the first application environment, wherein the launch-configuration information is received in response to the request; and subsequent to receiving the launch-configuration information at the second application environment, listening, by the second application environment, for an issued communication from the first application environment for new launch-configuration information that is not synchronized between the first and the second application environments.