US Patent Application 18105785. BIDIRECTIONAL MAPPING BETWEEN APPLICATIONS AND NETWORK CONTENT simplified abstract
Contents
BIDIRECTIONAL MAPPING BETWEEN APPLICATIONS AND NETWORK CONTENT
Organization Name
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
Inventor(s)
Zhaowei Charlie Jiang of Palo Alto CA (US)
Steven William Macbeth of Redmond WA (US)
Syed Muhammad Mujahid Hasan of Bellevue WA (US)
Jacob Sabulsky of Bellevue WA (US)
BIDIRECTIONAL MAPPING BETWEEN APPLICATIONS AND NETWORK CONTENT - A simplified explanation of the abstract
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18105785 titled 'BIDIRECTIONAL MAPPING BETWEEN APPLICATIONS AND NETWORK CONTENT
Simplified Explanation
- The patent application describes a bidirectional mapping system between network content and application programs. - This mapping system allows for deep links, which connect specific network content with specific data presentations in an application program. - The identification format for these deep links can be standardized or customized based on declarations from the network content or application program. - A lookup service utilizes this bidirectional mapping to provide functionality to a third-party entity. - The lookup service can identify application programs associated with network content specified by the entity, as well as network content associated with application programs specified by the entity.
Original Abstract Submitted
A bidirectional mapping is established between network content and application programs, based on declarations at both the network content and at the application. Additionally, bidirectional mapping can provide for deep links, which can associate specific network content with a specific presentation of data in an application program. The identification format for such deep links can conform to a predetermined standard or it can be custom implemented according to a format declared either as part of the network content or the application program. The bidirectional mapping is then utilized by a lookup service to provide functionality to a third-party entity. The lookup service can identify, to the entity, application programs associated with network content specified by that entity and network content associated with application programs specified by that entity.
