Bidirectional mapping between applications and network content

摘要

A bidirectional mapping is established between network content and application programs, based on declarations at both the network content and at the application. Additionally, bidirectional mapping can provide for deep links, which can associate specific network content with a specific presentation of data in an application program. The identification format for such deep links can conform to a predetermined standard or it can be custom implemented according to a format declared either as part of the network content or the application program. The bidirectional mapping is then utilized by a lookup service to provide functionality to a third-party entity. The lookup service can identify, to the entity, application programs associated with network content specified by that entity and network content associated with application programs specified by that entity.

主权项

1. A computing device comprising:
one or more processing units; and one or more computer-readable storage media comprising computer-executable instructions, which, when executed by the processing units, cause the computing device to: obtain, from network content, an application mapping document identifying one or more applications; obtain, from one or more applications, a manifest identifying one or more collections of network content; generate a first mapping between a first collection of network content and a first application if both the first application comprises a manifest identifying the first collection of network content and if the first collection of network content comprises an application mapping document identifying the first application; and periodically repeating the obtaining the application mapping document and the obtaining the manifest.