Patent ID: 8965950
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: at a client device having a managed copy client application, generating, by the managed copy client application, managed copy request data comprising an identifier for an integration control installable on the client device, wherein the integration control includes a standardized interface comprising a callable integration control method to be called when a commercial transaction on a server has been completed; transmitting, from the client device, the managed copy request data comprising the identifier for the integration control; in response to the transmitting of the managed copy request data comprising the identifier for the integration control, receiving, at the client device, response data from the server, wherein the response data from the server comprises a reference to the integration control specified by the identifier for the integration control that was transmitted from the client device; wherein the response data facilitates installation of the integration control on the client device; and wherein the integration control referenced by the response data from the server and specified by the identifier for the integration control that was transmitted from the client device provides the standardized interface to facilitate communication between the server and the managed copy client application in a heterogeneous environment comprising a plurality of integration controls of different integration control types supporting the standardized interface and in communication with the server, wherein the communication includes receiving, at the managed copy client application, authorization information that is passed when the callable integration control method to be called when the commercial transaction on the server has been completed is called and allows managed copy operations to take place.