Patent ID: 9170855
Filing Date: 2015-10-27
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method performed by a computer processor for operating a virtual application on a device, the method comprising: formulating a link into a private namespace, the link providing an extension point for accessing a stored item related to the virtual application, the stored item stored in the private namespace, the private namespace private to the virtual application such that one or more other applications at the device are prevented from natively accessing the stored item, the link configured such that the one or more other applications can interact with the virtual application in a specified manner by accessing the stored item; storing the link in a public namespace of a host operating system at the device to make the link accessible to the one or more other applications; receiving a selection of the link, the link having been selected through the public namespace by an application from among the one or more other applications; and in response to receiving the selection of the link: