Embedded web application gallery

摘要

A method includes receiving, at a client computing device, a list of web applications from a network device associated with a digital goods marketplace, receiving, at the client computing device, metadata associated with the list of web applications, generating, at the client computing device, a user interface including at least one icon representing a web application available for download from the digital market place, and displaying the user interface in a browser of the client computing device.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
selecting an icon representing a file associated with a first web application operating within a browser executing on a client computing device, the file not having a corresponding second web application configured to operate on the file; in response to selecting the icon, receiving, at the client computing device, a list of web applications from a network device associated with a digital goods marketplace,
the digital goods marketplace including a plurality of web applications, andthe list of web applications corresponding to a first portion of the plurality of web applications selected based on:
the file associated with the first web application, andmanifest files associated with each of the first portion of the plurality of web applications, the manifest files including an entry indicating that the corresponding web application is configured to operate on the file associated with the first web application; in response to selecting the icon, receiving, at the client computing device, metadata associated with the list of web applications, the metadata including an icon associated with each web application in the list of web applications; in response to receiving, at the client computing device, the list of web applications and the metadata associated with the list of web applications, selecting a second portion of the plurality of web applications from the first portion of the plurality of web applications based on a relevancy to information associated with a user of the client computing device; in response to selecting the icon, generating, at the client computing device, a user interface including:
an icon representing each web application of the second portion of the plurality of web applications that is available for download from the digital goods marketplace, each web application of the second portion of the plurality of web applications being a candidate for selection via the representative icon as the corresponding second web application, anda link configured to cause the computing device to display a remainder of the first portion of the plurality of web applications in another user interface; and in response to selecting the icon, displaying the user interface in a browser of the client computing device.