Integrated experience for applications within a mobile application

摘要

A system and method that supports an integrated user interface experience with third party hosted applications selected and installed by a user within a user-installed native application of a user communication device.

主权项

1. A method of operating a user communication device supporting installation of non-native applications within a native application, the method comprising:
installing a user-selected native application in memory of the user communication device; communicating a user request to a first computer system to add one or more non-native applications within the native application; responsive to the user, initiating operation of the native application, wherein the native application communicates with the first computer system over a public network to access information enabling activation of the one or more non-native applications by the user; displaying one or more user-selectable interface elements each representing a corresponding one of the one or more non-native applications; upon user selection of one of the one or more user interface elements, establishing a dedicated portion of the display for use by functionality, of the corresponding non-native application, that is performed at a corresponding one of at least one second computer system, and activating the functionality; and relinquishing control over the dedicated portion of the display to the activated functionality of the non-native application corresponding to the selected one of the one or more user interface elements.