Method and apparatus for providing contextual information between operating system environments

摘要

A method includes providing data and associated contextual information, to a first operating system environment by a second operating system environment, both operating system environments utilizing a common kernel. The data is utilized by the first operating system environment, based on the contextual information. The method may include installing the data as an application file, using the contextual information to understand that the data is an application file. An apparatus that performs the method includes a programmable processor, and memory containing executable instructions. The processor runs multiple operating system environments utilizing a common kernel. The second operating system environment is operative to provide data and contextual information for the data, to the first operating system environment, and the first operating system environment is operative to utilize the data based on the contextual information.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
receiving user interface input indicating movement of an icon corresponding to a graphical user interface representation of data to a first graphical user interface associated with a first operating system environment from a second graphical user interface associated with a second operating system environment, the first and second operating system environments being independent from each other and both utilizing a common kernel; providing the data corresponding to the user interface representation and contextual information for the data, to the first operating system environment by the second operating system environment in response to the received user interface input; and utilizing the provided data, by the first operating system environment, based on the contextual information.