Patent ID: 9619574
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: G06F,G06Q,H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method comprising: receiving, at a computing device, a search query from a user device; identifying, by the computing device, one or more function records using the search query, wherein each function record includes an application access mechanism (AAM) and application state information (ASI), wherein: wherein each of at least one of the identified one or more function records further includes a web address in addition to the AAM, wherein the web address is configured to direct a web browser of the user device to a web version of the native application referenced by the AAM; selecting, by the computing device, one or more AAMs from the identified one or more function records; identifying, by the computing device, one or more AAMs of the selected one or more AAMs that are each compatible with the user device, wherein the identifying includes: transmitting the identified one or more AAMs from the computing device to the user device.