Microsoft Patents Cross-platform Application Programming Interfaces For Applications
Recently, I came across an interesting patent from Microsoft which described cross-platform APIs for apps. Right now,_developers who want to create software add-ons, plug-ins, or other extensions for a particular software package_are confronted with multiple platforms and object models associated with the software. Microsoft cited the following example in their patent, For example, a software [...]http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/msftnws/~4/JiwNCiAWdMg