Abstract:
A client application operating in the foreground on a computing device establishes a temporary background communication with a second application by requesting the operating system launch a URL associated with the second application. The request to launch the URL includes a named pasteboard. The second application records the named pasteboard and opens a monitoring process to monitor the pasteboard. The first and second application may communicate by reading and writing information to the named pasteboard while the first application continues to operate in the foreground.