Methods and apparatus for verifying context participants in a context management system in a networked environment

Abstract

Methods and apparatus related to context management in a networked environment are provided. According to one aspect, technique is employed to verify that a remote application is emulated on the same client as at least one other application in a context by receiving from the client and the remote application server information that uniquely identifies the client.

1 . In a system comprising a first client, a context management (CM) server, a remote application server and at least one network that couples together the first client, the CM server and the remote application server, the remote application server executing at least one remote application, the first client executing at least one client application that may share a context with the at least one remote application, the first client further executing an emulation application that emulates that at least one remote application on the first client, the CM server executing a context management service to manage the context, a method of verifying that the at least one remote application is emulated on the first client and may belong to the same context, the method comprising acts of:
 (a) receiving from the first client first information that uniquely identifies an aspect of the first client;   (b) receiving from the remote application server second information that uniquely identifies the aspect of a remote client on which the remote application is emulated; and   (c) determining that the at least one remote application is emulated on the first client and may belong to the same context when the first information matches the second information.