EXTENDING FUNCTIONALITY OF WEB-BASED APPLICATIONS

摘要

A centralized location for discovery and data exchange for web applications. Embodiments of the invention are directed to providing a centralized interface location to send data to and receive data from one or more web applications hosted on application servers different from a server hosting the centralized interface. An application developer for a subscriber having an account with the web application may therefore easily extend the functionality of one or more web applications by communicating with a single interface provided, rather than with separate interfaces for each application. The centralized interface may provide information such as a list of all web applications or functionality to which a particular subscriber has access, and may support any desired extension (e.g., addition of users).

主权项

1. A method for use in a computer system comprising a web application manager that provides to each of a plurality of subscribers a subscriber account, each subscriber account including at least one web application from a plurality of web applications made available for inclusion in the plurality of subscriber accounts, the method comprising an act of:
(A) providing to a developer for a subscriber account an application programming interface (API) that provides a centralized discovery capability to enable the developer to discover, via a single interaction with the API, which of the plurality of web applications is included in the subscriber account.