US 11,948,004 B1
Enhanced transferring of an application between a server environment and a local device
Prasanna Chromepet Padmanabhan, Redmond, WA (US); Zachary Dixon, Redmond, WA (US); and Jinhua Fei, Bellevue, WA (US)
Assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed by Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed on Mar. 22, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/124,654.
Int. Cl. G06F 9/50 (2006.01); G06F 16/955 (2019.01); H04L 67/141 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 9/50 (2013.01) [G06F 9/505 (2013.01); G06F 16/9566 (2019.01); H04L 67/141 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for transferring an application between a server environment and a local device, the method comprising:
launching the application in the server environment, the application being associated with a uniform resource location (URL);
determining that the application should be executed on the local device;
generating a transfer control option corresponding to switching the application from the server environment to the local device;
displaying the transfer control option via a first tab of a browser;
receiving a selection of the transfer control option; and
in response to receiving the selection, transmitting the URL from the server environment to the local device to enable execution of the application on the local device, via a second tab of the browser.