Techniques to interact with an application via messaging

摘要

Techniques to interact with an application via messaging are described. An apparatus may comprise an application support component and a communication component. The application support component may be operative to generate an image representing a state of an application and to update the state of the application according to a text command. The communication component may be operative to transmit the image to a client device via a messaging system as an image attachment to a first message and to receive a second message from the client device via the messaging system, the second message comprising the text command. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
generating, by an application executing on a processing unit, an image representing a state of the application; transmitting, by a communication component executing on the processing unit, the image from the application to a messaging client on a client device over a first messaging channel via a messaging system using a communications protocol; receiving, by the communication component, a message from the client device over the first messaging channel via the messaging system; determining, by the communication component, that a first portion of the message comprises a text command from a set of available commands for the application and a second portion of the message comprises text that does not comprise a text command from the set of available commands; inputting the command of the first portion to the application, and updating, by the application, the state of the application according to the text command; and automatically forwarding, by the communication component, the second portion of the message to a messaging client on a second client device over the first messaging channel via the messaging system.