System and Methods for Integration of an Application Runtime Environment Into a User Computing Environment

Abstract

Systems and methods for creating application runtime environments or application environments that can be downloaded and integrated into the computing environment of a computing device are disclosed. One embodiment of the invention includes a computing device on which an operating system is installed that creates a computing environment, an Application Platform application, where the Application Platform application is at least partially natively implemented and creates an application runtime environment when executed by the computing device, and a cross-platform application, where the cross-platform application is configured to be executed within the application runtime environment and is not natively executable by the computing device. In addition, the Application Platform application is configured to integrate the cross-platform application into the computing environment of the computing device by providing at least one launch point for the cross-platform application within the computing environment.

What is claimed: 
     
         1 . A computing device configured to execute a cross-platform application, comprising:
 a processor;   a storage;   an operating system stored within the storage that configures the processor to create a computing environment;   an application platform application, where the application platform application is at least partially natively implemented within the computing environment and creates an application runtime environment when executed by the processor; and   a plurality of cross-platform applications that are executed within the application runtime environment when executed by the processor, wherein the plurality of cross-platform applications are not natively executable within the computing environment;   wherein, when executed by the processor, the application platform application communicates with a coordination server to:
 identify complex data from a first cross-platform application; 
 translate the complex data for a second cross-platform application; and 
 provide the translated complex data to the second cross-platform application in order to enable movement of the complex data from the first cross-platform application to the second cross-platform application.