Live companion user interface

摘要

An apparatus and method provide a companion application via a companion application corresponding to a host window provided by a host application, the companion window providing information or metadata descriptive of data in the host window. The host application and companion applications may be separate applications such that the host application is unaware of the companion application. The companion application may hook into the host application (e.g., via an application programming interface) and may monitor host application activities and/or data. Based on identification of data or events in the host application, the companion application may obtain information characterizing or providing a context for data provided by the host application. The host window and companion window may be attached to each other, the host window providing host application data and the companion window providing data describing the host application data.

主权项

1. A method performed on a computing device, the method comprising:
obtaining, by a companion application that is being executed by the computing device, metadata that is descriptive of data being displayed in a user interface of a host application that is also being executed by the computing device, where the host application is separate from and substantially unaware of the companion application; and displaying, by the companion application, the obtained metadata in a user interface of the companion application.