Patent ID: 8131644

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving a content item at a content subscription server from a first party over a network to which the content subscription server is connected, the content item including: functional content executable by a processor and operable within an application of a second party to cause data to be exported over the network by the second party's application in a manner that can be imported to an application of the first party; and a configuration package including instructions executable by a processor of a computing device to configure the functional content within the application of the second party, the configuration of the functional content performed in the application of the second party, the configuration of the functional content performed according to a link between a configuration rule defined in the configuration package and according to scoping information present in the application of the second party; executing an instruction set executable from a memory of the content subscription server by a processor to identify the second party to send the content item to; and sending the content item to the second party over the network.