US Patent:
20130047150, Feb 21, 2013
Inventors:
Ethan Malasky - San Francisco CA, US
Oliver Goldman - Redwood City CA, US
Christopher Brichford - Menlo Park CA, US
Assignee:
ADOBE SYSTEMS INCORPORATED - San Jose CA
International Classification:
G06F 9/445
Abstract:
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including medium-encoded computer program products, for software installation and process management support. In one aspect, a method includes obtaining application information for a software application and an application executable for the software application, the application executable including machine code native to a target platform having an operating system, wherein the application information includes application code that depends on a runtime environment on the target platform to operate; and installing the application executable on the target platform, wherein the application code includes a resource associated with the application executable that runs in the runtime environment when the application executable is run in the operating system, and wherein the operating system maintains and presents the software application as a native application, distinct from other applications that depend on the runtime environment to operate.