SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING APPLICABLE THIRD-PARTY APPLICATIONS TO ASSOCIATE WITH A FILE

摘要

Systems and methods are disclosed herein for identifying an application for opening a file. A first user input indicative of a file selected by a user is received over a user interface. The selected file has an input file type and is an attachment to an email. Data indicative of the input file type is transmitted over a communications network. A reference list of applications is obtained by combining association requests from application developers to associate respective applications with one or more file types, and a matched list is obtained by removing applications from the reference list, each of the removed applications being associated with a set of one or more file types that each mismatch the input file type. The matched list is displayed over the user interface, which receives a second user input indicative of a selected application from the matched list.

主权项

1. A system for identifying an application for opening a file, the system comprising:
a reference database configured to store a reference list of applications, each application in the reference list being associated with one or more corresponding file types; and a processing system configured to:
receive an association request to associate a file type with a first application; receive a request from a user to open a file having the file type;
filter the reference list to obtain a matched list of one or more applications including the first application, wherein each application in the matched list is associated with the file type;transmit data indicative of the matched list for display to the user; andreceive data indicative of a selected application from the matched list.