Patent ID: 9563488
Date: 2017-02-07
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method for sharing content, comprising: receiving, at a sharing extension point, a request from a host application for sharing content, the sharing extension point being one of a plurality of extension points of an extension framework of an operating system, each extension point corresponding to a common interface to extend a predefined functionality of one application to another application; in response to the request for sharing content, injecting data representing a share sheet clone created by the sharing extension into a content viewer within the host application, the share sheet clone having a reduced resolution image of the content displayed therein; in response to receiving a commit command for sharing, retrieving the content from the host application; and transmitting the retrieved content to the sharing extension to enable the sharing extension to post information from the share sheet clone including the content on a sharing platform.