Patent ID: 9189130
Filing Date: 2015-11-17
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: launching, by a user computing device, a software application included in a suite of software applications; providing, by the user computing device for display on a display screen associated with the user computing device and in response to the launching of the software application, a graphical user interface screen of the software application included in the suite of software applications together with a user selectable option for selectively accessing for display by the user computing device, in response to a user selection of the user selectable option, an application shortcut graphical user interface associated with the suite of software applications; receiving, by the user computing device, the user selection of the user selectable option; determining, by the user computing device, whether a level of integration of each software application included in the suite of software applications relative to the user computing device is not installed, installed and up-to-date, or installed and outdated; identifying, by the user computing device based on the level of integration of each software application included in the suite of software applications, an access option for each software application included in the suite of software applications; and providing, by the user computing device for display on the display screen and in response to the receiving of the user selection of the selectable option, the application shortcut graphical user interface that includes the access option for each software application included in the suite of software applications, each access option configured to be selected by a user of the user computing device to initiate access to the corresponding software application included in the suite of software applications.