Patent ID: 7886290
Filing Date: 2011-02-08
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for exposing functionalities of an add-in software application via a modified parent user interface, the method comprising: providing a first set of functionalities of a parent software application via a prior parent user interface; receiving the modified parent user interface, wherein the modified parent user interface is a modified version of the prior parent user interface; determining the first set of components of the add-in user interface are not integrable with a modified set of components of the modified parent user interface; integrating, in response to the determining, the first set of components of the add-in user interface with the prior parent user interface into which the first set of components of the add-in user interface are integrable, wherein integrating the first set of components of the add-in user interface with the prior parent user interface into which the first set of components of the add-in user interface are integrable comprises running the prior parent user interface including the integrated add-in user interface components as a background user interface that is not visually displayed; generating a plurality of selectable components in the modified parent user interface corresponding to the integrated add-in user interface components which are integrated into the prior parent user interface, wherein generating the plurality of selectable components in the modified parent user interface comprises: linking each generated selectable component in the modified parent user interface with each corresponding integrated add-in user interface component; displaying the modified parent user interface; and selecting, in response to a selection of the generated selectable component in the modified parent user interface, the integrated add-in user interface component in the background user interface corresponding to the selected generated selectable component in the modified parent user interface.