Patent ID: 7437149
Filing Date: 2008-10-14
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for an application management system on a mobile information device to pass data between applications on the mobile information device, the method comprising: at the application management system, accepting first data from a first MIDlet application on the mobile information device, wherein the first MIDlet application is identified by a first URI, and wherein the first data comprises a second URI; at the application management system, accepting second data from the first MIDlet application on the mobile information device; at the application management system, appending the second data to the URI that identifies the first MIDlet application; prior to passing the appended second data and the URI that identifies the first MIDlet application to a second MIDlet application on the mobile information device: (i) determining based on a scheme of the second URI that the second MIDlet application is registered to handle the second URI, and (ii) invoking the second MIDlet application; and passing the appended second data and the URI that identifies the first MIDlet application from the application management system to the second MIDlet application on the mobile information device.