Patent ID: 7363338
Filing Date: 2008-04-22
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: initiating an application on a platform of a device, the application including a platform capability-dependent assembly to perform a specific function of the application; determining at least one capability that the platform supports according to at least one capability profile of the platform, the at least one capability being a processing capability of the platform including at least one of an audio processing capability, a video processing capability, and a graphics processing capability; dynamically selecting a first specialized assembly associated with the platform capability-dependent assembly if the capability profile indicates that the platform supports a first capability; dynamically selecting a second specialized assembly associated with the platform capability-dependent assembly if the capability profile indicates that the platform supports a second capability, wherein said selecting a specialized assembly comprises: executing the selected specialized assembly on the platform via a proxy corresponding to the specialized assembly.