Patent ID: 8954834
Filing Date: 2015-02-10
Classification: G06F,H04M

Abstract:
1. A system for widget to widget communication, comprising: a first device; a second device, wherein at least one of the first device and the second device is a mobile device; an information source to provide a first content to a first widget and a second content to a second widget; the first widget, when executed by the first device, to present the first content on the first device, to pause the presentation of the first content on the first device, and to communicate, via the first device to a communication server, information that identifies the first content associated with the first widget, a state of the first content based on the pause of the presentation of the first content, and a geographic location of the first device that is determined using at least one of a radio frequency identification technology, a global positioning system technology, a forward link triangulation technology, or a hybrid technology; a communication server to provide the first widget to the first device, to provide the second widget to the second device, and to communicate the information, the state, and the geographic location to the second device based on a subscription of the second device to the communication server for the information and the state, wherein each of the first widget and the second widget is portable code that is installed and executed in a corresponding runtime environment without additional compilation; and the geographic location of the first device, and the state of the first content, wherein a media type of the second content and a media type of the first content are different media types.