METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REQUESTING A CROSS-PLATFORM APPLICATION

A method for requesting a cross-platform application employs a recommendation client as part of the text of a web page; the recommendation client retrieves resources including a recommendation list from a recommendation server, wherein recommendation presentation resources in the recommendation list can be utilized to present a recommendation and recommendation fulfillment resources can be utilized to facilitate fulfillment of an accepted recommendation. Using the recommendation presentation resources a recommendation of a cross-platform application is presented, and when the recommendation is accepted, the recommendation fulfillment resources are utilized to fulfill the accepted recommendation. A URL link in the recommendation fulfillment resources can be used to retrieve the cross-platform application, which comprises a background page containing logic of the cross platform application and a set of one or more pop-up pages. The background page is used to implement the logic of the retrieved cross-platform application, and a user interface is implemented for the cross-platform application having a rendering engine layer and an integration layer that exposes a number of APIs that can be called by the cross-platform application to make modifications to the computing environment.