The present invention relates to the field of mobile applications and, in particular,
relates to management and linking of application programming interface associated with a
plurality of applications.
BACKGROUND
 In the last decade, with the advancement in technology, many users have started
utilizing a wide range of communication devices including smart phone, tablets, laptop and
the like. With the advent and the exploding popularity of internet, innumerable mobile
applications have surfaced on the market. The users now have a tendency to utilize mobile
applications for serving their needs rather than make any physical effort. Nowadays, various
companies run their businesses by developing mobile applications for their products and
provide various services to the users through their mobile applications on their respective
communication devices.
 Many businesses are engaged in providing a specific set of on demand services
through their mobile applications to the users based on their domain. Moreover, each
application belongs to a specific class or category of service provided by the application
provider. These applications may enable the users to utilize a number of day to day services
including taxi services, food services, housing services and the like. Moreover, mobile
applications are associated with an application programming interface for performing basic
functions of the mobile applications. The application programming interface is a set of
routines, protocols and tools which are used by various application developers to develop
mobile applications.
 Nowadays, many application developers or providers have started providing their
application programming interfaces for their applications for other developers to some extent.
The application developers allow other developers to utilize their application programming
interface for running their business. For example, an application developer may utilize
Google Maps API on their application for providing real time directions for users. Moreover,
these are open source APIs which can be used by various application developers for building
their application.
 Presently, many companies have not exposed their application programming
interfaces to be utilized by other developers. However, a number of companies have started
dealing exclusively with other companies by enabling them to utilize or link their application
programming interface in their applications. The companies have started linking their
application programming interfaces with the applications programming interfaces of other
companies. Moreover, a single application developer may provide its application
programming interface to more than one company based on their choice. In addition, the
company needs to physically approach all the companies with whom it wants to deal with.
Further, the sharing of application programming interfaces is done for maximizing revenue.
The companies dealing in sharing of their application programming interfaces share the profit
as well based on a mutual contract between them.
 The existing systems and methods for linking various application programming
interfaces with each other are inefficient. There is no such platform present in the art which
reduces the need for the application providers to physically approach other application
providers in order to deal with them. Moreover, this particular dealing method leads to
wastage of time of the application providers. In addition, the present systems and methods
do not allow categorization of each application programming interface into a corresponding
category of service associated with each of the application programming interface. Further,
the present systems and methods do not allow cross linking of the application programming
interfaces belonging to a category with various other application programming interfaces
belonging to various other categories of applications at the same time. Moreover, the present
systems and methods for dealing does not allow the application providers to link with more
than one other application programming interfaces at the same time and does not allow the
application provider to maximize the revenue by providing users with different options for
utilizing one or more services on a single application.
 In the light of the above stated discussion, there is a need for system that overcomes
the above stated disadvantages.
SUMMARY
 In an aspect of the present disclosure, an application integrating system includes a
fetching module in a processor, the fetching module is configured to fetch an application
programming interface associated with each of the plurality of applications; a consolidation
engine in the processor, the consolidation engine is configured to consolidate the fetched
application programming interface associated with each of the plurality of applications; a
categorization engine in the processor, the categorization engine is configured to categorize
the application programming interface associated with each of the plurality of applications
into a corresponding category of application of one or more categories of applications
associated with the corresponding plurality of applications and a cross linking engine in the
processor, the cross linking engine is configured to enable cross linking of the application
programming interface associated with each of the plurality of applications based on the
categorization and a pre-defined set of rules.
 In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the categorization engine further
includes a determination module, the determination module is configured to determine the
corresponding category of application for the application programming interface associated
with each of the plurality of applications. Each of the plurality of applications is an on
demand service application.
 In an embodiment of the present disclosure, one or more application programming
interfaces associated with a first category of applications are cross linked with one or more
application programming interfaces associated with a second category of applications. The
first category of applications is distinct from the second category of applications.
 In another embodiment of the present disclosure, the one or more application
programming interfaces associated with the first category of applications are cross linked
with the one or more application programming interfaces associated with a plurality of
categories of applications. The first category of applications is distinct from each of the
plurality of categories of applications. Each category of application of the plurality of
categories of applications is a distinct category of application.
 In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the pre-defined set of rules is defined
based on a current location of a user accessing one or more applications of the plurality of
applications, a current time of accessing the one or more applications of the plurality of
applications, a gender of the user accessing the one or more applications of the plurality of
applications and an age of the user accessing the one or more applications of the plurality of
applications.
 In another embodiment of the present disclosure, the pre-defined set of rules is set
by an administrator.
 In yet another embodiment of the present disclosure, the pre-defined set of rules is
set by an application provider associated with each of the plurality of applications.
 In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the application programming interface
associated with each of the plurality of applications is fetched from each of a plurality of
application servers associated with the corresponding plurality of applications.
 In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the application integrating system
further includes a creation module in the processor, the creation module is configured to
create a common application programming interface for each of one or more application
programming interfaces categorized into the corresponding similar category of application.
 In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the application integrating system
further includes a database in the processor, the database is configured to store the
application programming interface associated with each of the plurality of applications, each
of the categorized application programming interface, each of the consolidated application
programming interfaces, each of the cross linked application programming interfaces and the
pre-defined set of rules.
STATEMENT OF THE DISCLOSURE
 The present disclosure relates to an application integrating system includes a
fetching module in a processor, the fetching module is configured to fetch an application
programming interface associated with each of the plurality of applications; a consolidation
engine in the processor, the consolidation engine is configured to consolidate the fetched
application programming interface associated with each of the plurality of applications; a
categorization engine in the processor, the categorization engine is configured to categorize
the application programming interface associated with each of the plurality of applications
into a corresponding distinct category of application of one or more categories of
applications associated with the corresponding plurality of applications and a cross linking
engine in the processor, the cross linking engine is configured to enable cross linking of the
application programming interface associated with each of the plurality of applications based
on the categorization and a pre-defined set of rules.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES
 Having thus described the invention in general terms, reference will now be made to
the accompanying drawings, which are not necessarily drawn to scale, and wherein:
 FIG. 1 illustrates a general overview of a system for linking a plurality of
applications, in accordance with various embodiments of the present disclosure;
 FIG. 2 illustrates a block diagram of an application integrating system, in
accordance with various embodiments of the present disclosure;
 FIG. 3A and FIG. 3B illustrate a block diagram for showing an example of cross
linking of the plurality of applications, in accordance with various embodiments of the
present disclosure;
 FIG. 3C illustrates a portable communication device for showing the cross linking
of the plurality of applications, in accordance with various embodiments of the present
disclosure;
 FIG. 4 illustrates an additional component of the application integrating system, in
accordance with various embodiments of the present disclosure; and
 FIG. 5 illustrates a block diagram of a communication device, in accordance with
various embodiments of the present disclosure.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
 In the following description, for purposes of explanation, numerous specific details
are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present technology. It will be
apparent, however, to one skilled in the art that the present technology can be practiced without
these specific details. In other instances, structures and devices are shown in block diagram
form only in order to avoid obscuring the present technology.
 Reference in this specification to “one embodiment” or “an embodiment” means that
a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment is
included in at least one embodiment of the present technology. The appearance of the phrase
“in one embodiment” in various places in the specification are not necessarily all referring to the
same embodiment, nor are separate or alternative embodiments mutually exclusive of other
embodiments. Moreover, various features are described which may be exhibited by some
embodiments and not by others. Similarly, various requirements are described which may be
requirements for some embodiments but not other embodiments.
 Moreover, although the following description contains many specifics for the
purposes of illustration, anyone skilled in the art will appreciate that many variations and/or
alterations to said details are within the scope of the present technology. Similarly, although
many of the features of the present technology are described in terms of each other, or in
conjunction with each other, one skilled in the art will appreciate that many of these features can
be provided independently of other features. Accordingly, this description of the present
technology is set forth without any loss of generality to, and without imposing limitations upon,
the present technology.
 FIG. 1 illustrates a general overview of a system 100 for linking a plurality of
applications associated with a corresponding category of application of one or more categories
of applications, in accordance with various embodiments of the present disclosure. The system
100 includes a plurality of applications 102, a plurality of application servers 104, a
communication network 104 and an application integrating system 106. In addition, the
application integrating system 106 performs the linking of the plurality of applications
associated with the corresponding category of the one or more categories.
 Going further, the plurality of applications 102 correspond to a plurality of mobile
applications configured to run on a plurality of portable communication devices. Examples of
the plurality of portable communication devices include a smart phone, a tablet, a laptop, a
smart watch and the like. Moreover, each of the plurality of applications is associated with a
corresponding operating system of a plurality of operating systems. The plurality of operating
systems include but may not be limited to an Android operating system, iOS, Windows
operating system, Bada operating system, Symbian operating system and the like.
 Moreover, each of the plurality of portable communication devices is connected to
the internet in real time. In an embodiment of the present disclosure, each of the plurality of
portable communication devices is associated with a corresponding plurality of users who
access one or more applications of the plurality of applications. In an embodiment of the
present disclosure, the plurality of applications 102 is installed on the corresponding plurality of
portable communication devices. In another embodiment of the present disclosure, a number of
applications of the plurality of applications 102 are installed in a particular portable
communication device of the plurality of portable communication devices based on a choice of
a user of the plurality of users.
 In addition, each of the plurality of applications 102 is an on demand service
application. Further, the on demand service applications include one or more taxi service
applications, one or more food based service applications, one or more travel planning based
applications, one or more home service applications and other one or more applications known
in the art employed in providing one or more services to the plurality of users. In an
embodiment of the present disclosure, each of the plurality of users access one or more
applications of the plurality of applications 102 for utilizing one or more services based on their
choice.
 Going further, each of the plurality of applications 102 is associated with an
application server of the corresponding plurality of application servers 104. In an embodiment
of the present disclosure, an application of the plurality of applications 102 is stored in the
corresponding application server of the plurality of application servers 104. In an embodiment
of the present disclosure, each application server of the plurality of application servers 104 is
configured to run the corresponding application of the plurality of applications 102 and handles
all application operations between the plurality of users and an organization's backend business
applications. In an embodiment of the present disclosure, each of the plurality of application
servers 104 is remotely located from each other.
 In an embodiment of the present disclosure, each of the plurality of application
servers 104 is operated or controlled by a corresponding application provider associated with
each of the plurality of applications 102. In an embodiment of the present disclosure, each of
the plurality of application server 104 is controlled or monitored by a corresponding application
administrator at a remote location. Moreover, the plurality of application servers 104 is
associated with application programming interfaces 104a. In an embodiment of the present
disclosure, each application programming interface of the application programming interfaces
104a is associated with the corresponding application of the plurality of applications 102 stored
in the corresponding application server of the plurality of application servers 104.
 Further, each of the plurality of applications 102 are based on a specific application
programming interface designed for a specific type or category of application. The application
programming interface is a set of commands, functions and protocols used by a plurality of
application providers for utilizing one or more pre-defined functions for building one or more
applications for a specific type of operating system. In an embodiment of the present
disclosure, each of the application programming interfaces 104a is an open application
programming interface based on a pre-determined criterion (as mentioned below in the patent
application).
 In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the plurality of application providers
associated with the corresponding plurality of applications 102 allow or enable their
corresponding application programming interfaces 104a to be open and utilized by other
application developers for running their business. In an embodiment of the present disclosure,
one or more application providers of the plurality of application providers may allow an
exclusive access of their application programming interfaces to other one or more application
providers or developers based an exclusive dealing between the one or more application
providers and the other one or more application providers (as described below in the detailed
description of FIG. 2A).
 In an embodiment of the present disclosure, each of the application programming
interfaces is associated with a specific key. In an embodiment of the present disclosure, each of
the plurality of application providers allow the other plurality of application providers to utilize
their application programming interface by providing the specific key for gaining access to the
application programming interfaces and further utilizing it for business purposes. In an
embodiment of the present disclosure, the specific key is an application programming interface
key which is a code passed for identifying a calling program and the corresponding application
developer. In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the application programming interface
key is used for tracking and controlling how the application programming interface is used.
 In an embodiment of the present disclosure, each of the application programming
interfaces 104a is identified using the application programming interface key. In an
embodiment of the present disclosure, the application programming interface key for each of the
application programming interfaces 104a is stored in the corresponding application server of the
plurality of application servers 104. In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the application
programming key is fetched from the application server of the corresponding plurality of
application servers 104 for gaining access to the application programming interface of the
application programming interfaces 104a.
 Going further, each of the plurality of application servers 104 is associated with the
communication network 106. In an embodiment of the present disclosure, each application of
the plurality of applications 102 is associated with the corresponding application server of the
plurality of application servers 104 through the communication network 106. Moreover, the
communication network 106 enables a medium for transfer of information between each of the
plurality of applications 102 and each of the plurality of application servers 104. In an
embodiment of the present disclosure, the communication network 106 enables working of the
each of the plurality of applications 102.
 Further, the medium for communication may be infrared, microwave, radio
frequency (RF) and the like. The communication network 106 include but may not be limited
to a local area network, a metropolitan area network, a wide area network, a virtual private
network, a global area network, a home area network or any other communication network
presently known in the art. The communication network 106 is a structure of various nodes or
communication devices connected to each other through a network topology method. Examples
of the network topology include a bus topology, a star topology, a mesh topology and the like.
 In an embodiment of the present disclosure, each of the plurality of applications 102
are accessed by the plurality of users through the communication network 106. In an
embodiment of the present disclosure, each of the plurality of applications 102 is connected to
the internet through the communication network 106. In an embodiment of the present
disclosure, each of the plurality of portable communication devices is connected to the internet
through the communication network 106.
 Moreover, each of the plurality of applications 102 is associated with the application
integrating system 108. In an embodiment of the present disclosure, each of the plurality of
applications 102 is associated with the application integrating system 108 through the
communication network 106. In addition, each of the plurality of application servers 104 is
associated with the application integrating system 108. In an embodiment of the present
disclosure, each of the plurality of application servers 104 is associated with the application
integrating system 108 through the communication network 106.
 Going further, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, the application
integrating system 108 is linked with each of the plurality of application servers 104. In an
embodiment of the present disclosure, each of the plurality of application providers associated
with the corresponding plurality of application servers 104 enable or allow the application
integrating system 108 to fetch one or more information each of the plurality of application
servers 104 (as mentioned below in the patent application). Moreover, the application
integrating system 108 performs the linking of the plurality of applications associated with the
corresponding category of the one or more categories of applications.
 In addition, the application integrating system 108 includes a central server for
performing one or more operations for performing the linking of the plurality of applications
associated with the corresponding category of the one or more categories of applications.
Further, the application integrating system 108 is configured to fetch the application
programming interface associated with each of the plurality of applications 102 (as described
below in the patent application). Furthermore, the application integrating system 108 is
configured to consolidate the application programming interface associated with each of the
plurality of applications 102 (as mentioned below in the patent application).
 Moreover, the application integrating system 108 is configured to perform
categorization of each of the application programming interfaces 104a into a corresponding
distinct category of applications of the one or more categories of applications based on a first
pre-defined criterion (as described below in the detailed description of FIG. 2A). In addition,
the application integrating system 108 is configured to perform cross linking of the application
programming interface associated with each of the plurality of applications 102 based on a
second pre-defined criteria (as mentioned below in the detailed description of FIG. 2A).
 Further, the application integrating system 108 is configured to store a set of
information associated with the one or more operations performed by each of one or more
components of the application integrating system 108 (as described below in the patent
application). In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the application integrating system 108
enables unification of the application programming interfaces 104a associated with the
corresponding plurality of applications 102. In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the
application integrating system 104 enables the application of the plurality of applications 102 to
utilize one or more services or features of other one or more application of the plurality of
applications 102 at the same time (as described in detail in the detailed description of FIG. 2A).
 It may be noted that in FIG. 1, the application of the plurality of applications 102 is
associated with the application provider of the plurality of application providers; however those
skilled in the art would appreciate that there are more number of applications associated with
the application provider of the plurality of application providers. It may be noted that in FIG. 1,
the application server of the plurality of application servers 104 is associated with the
corresponding application of the plurality of applications 102; however those skilled in the art
would appreciate that there more number of applications associated with a single application
server.
 FIG. 2A illustrates a block diagram 200 of the application integrating system 108, in
accordance with various embodiments of the present disclosure. It may be noted that to explain
the system elements of FIG. 2A, references have to be made to the system elements of FIG. 1.
Moreover, the block diagram 200 illustrates the one or more components of the application
integrating system 108. In addition, the one or more components of the application integrating
system 108 enable the linking of the plurality of applications associated with the corresponding
category of the one or more categories of applications. Further, the one or more components of
the application integrating system 108 includes a fetching module 202, a consolidation module
204, a categorization module 206, a determination module 206a, a creation module 208, a cross
linking engine 210 and a database 212.
 Going further, each of the plurality of application servers 104 associated with the
corresponding plurality of applications 102 is connected to the application integrating system
108 through the communication network 106. In addition, each of the plurality of application
servers 104 includes the application programming interface of the application programming
interfaces 104a associated with the corresponding application of the plurality of applications
102. Moreover, the fetching module 202 of the application integrating system 108 is configured
to fetch the application programming interface associated with each of the plurality of
applications 102. In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the application programming
interface associated with each of the plurality of applications 102 are fetched in real time.
 In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the application programming interface
associated with each of the plurality of applications 102 are fetched from the corresponding
application server of the plurality of application servers 104 associated with the corresponding
application of the plurality of applications 102. In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the
application programming interface associated with each of the plurality of applications 102 are
fetched through the communication network 106. In an embodiment of the present disclosure,
the application programming interface associated with each of the plurality of applications 102
is stored in a database associated with each of the plurality of application servers 104.
 In an embodiment of the present disclosure, each of the plurality of application
providers enable the fetching module 202 to fetch their corresponding application interface of
the application programming interfaces 104a. In an embodiment of the present disclosure, each
of the application programming interfaces 104a are open application programming interfaces
for allowing the fetching of the application programming interface associated with each of the
plurality of applications 102. In an embodiment of the present disclosure, each of the
application programming interfaces 104a is fetched from a remote location based on a location
of each of the plurality of application servers 104.
 For example, an application A1 associated with an application programming
interface AP1 is stored on an application server S1, an application A2 associated with an
application programming interface AP2 is stored on an application server S2, an application A3
associated with an application programming interface AP3 is stored on an application server S3,
an application A4 associated with an application programming interface AP4 is stored on an
application server S4, an application A5 associated with an application programming interface
AP5 is stored on an application server S5 and an application A6 associated with an application
programming interface AP6 is stored on an application server S6. Further, the application A1
and the application A2 is associated with a similar category of application C1 (say, taxi service
based application), the application A3 and the application A4 is associated with a similar
category of application C2 (say, a food service based application) and the application A5 and
the application A6 is associated with a similar category of application C3 (say, a home services
based application). The fetching module 202 fetches the application programming interface
AP1 from the application server S1, the application programming interface AP2 from the
application server S2, the application programming interface AP3 from the application server
S3, the application programming interface AP4 from the application server S4, the application
programming interface AP5 from the application server S5 and the application programming
interface AP6 from the application server S6.
 Moreover, the consolidation engine 204 of the application integrating system 108 is
configured to consolidate the fetched application programming interface associated with each of
the plurality of applications 102. In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the consolidation
engine 204 accumulates the application programming interface associated with each of the
plurality of applications 102. In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the consolidation is
performed for allowing each of the application providers to integrate their application
programming interface on the application integrating system 108.
 In an embodiment of the present disclosure, each application programming interface
of the application programming interfaces 104a is associated with a distinct category of
application of the one or more categories of applications. In an embodiment of the present
disclosure, the consolidation engine 204 consolidates the application programming interfaces
associated with each of the plurality of applications 102 at a single place. In an embodiment of
the present disclosure, the consolidation engine 204 selectively consolidates the application
programming interface associated with each of the plurality of applications 102 based on the
category of application associated with each application programming interface.
 In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the consolidation engine 204
consolidates the application programming interface associated with each of the plurality of
applications 102 if each of the plurality of applications 102 is the on demand service
applications. In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the consolidation engine 204 does not
consolidate the application programming interface associated with one or more applications of
the plurality of applications 102 which are not on demand service applications. In an
embodiment of the present disclosure, the consolidation is done at regular intervals of time. In
another embodiment of the present disclosure, the consolidation is done as soon as the
application programming interface associated with each of the plurality of applications 102 are
fetched from each of the plurality of application servers 104.
 Going further, the categorization engine 206 of the application integrating system
108 is configured to categorize the application programming interface associated with each of
the plurality of applications 102 into the corresponding distinct category of application of the
one or more categories of applications associated with the corresponding plurality of
applications 102. In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the categorization engine 206
categorizes the application programming interface associated with each of the plurality of
applications 102 based on a specific category of application associated with each of the plurality
of applications 102.
 Moreover, the specific category of application corresponds to a specific category of
on demand service applications. In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the categorization
is performed based on a pre-defined list of categories of applications pre-stored in the
application integrating system 108. In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the
categorization engine 206 matches the category of application associated with the corresponding
application of the plurality of applications 102 against the pre-defined list of categories of
applications and categorizes the application programming interface based on the matching.
 In an embodiment of the present disclosure, information associated with the
category of application associated with the application programming interface associated with
each of the plurality of applications 102 is fetched along with the application programming
interface. In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the application programming interface
associated with a same category of application are stored separately from other application
programming interface associated with another same category of application.
 Further, the categorization engine 206 includes the determination module 206a
configured to determine the corresponding category of application for the application
programming interface associated with each of the plurality of applications 102. In an
embodiment of the present disclosure, the categorization of the application programming
interface associated with each of the plurality of applications 102 is performed after the
determination of the category of application associated with each of the plurality of applications
102. In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the category of application is determined by
using the pre-defined list of categories of applications stored in the application integrating
system 108.
 In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the one or more categories of
applications are provided by the corresponding plurality of application servers 104. In an
embodiment of the present disclosure, the one or more categories of applications are defined by
the application provider associated with each of the plurality of applications 102 monitoring the
corresponding application server of the plurality of application servers 104. In another
embodiment of the present disclosure, the one or more categories of applications are defined by
an administrator associated with the application integrating system 108.
 Continuing the above stated example, the consolidation engine 204 consolidates the
application programming interface AP1, the application programming interface AP2, the
application programming interface AP3, the application programming interface AP4, the
application programming interface AP5 and the application programming interface AP6.
Moreover, the categorization engine 206 categorizes the application programming interface AP1
and the application programming interface AP2 into the category of application C1, categorizes
the application programming interface AP3 and the application programming interface AP4 into
the category of application C2 (food service based application) and categorizes the application
programming interface AP5 and the application programming interface AP6 into the category of
application C3 (home services based application).
 Going further, the creation module 208 of the application integrating system 108 is
configured to create a common application programming interface for each of the one or more
application programming interfaces categorized into the corresponding distinct category of
application. In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the one or more application
programming interfaces associated with the similar category of application are unified and a
single application programming interface is created. In an embodiment of the present
disclosure, the creation of the common application programming interface allows the
application integrating system 108 to enable a cross relationship between the one or more
application programming interfaces associated with a first distinct category of application and
the one or more application programming interfaces associated with a second distinct category
of application.
 Moreover, the cross linking engine 210 of the application integrating system 108 is
configured to enable cross linking of the application programming interface associated with
each of the plurality of applications 102 based on the categorization and a pre-defined set of
rules. In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the cross linking engine 210 enables
unification of the one or more application programming interfaces associated with the category
of application with the one or more application programming interfaces associated with the
another category of application.
 In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the one or more application
programming interfaces associated with a first category of application are cross linked with the
one or more application programming interfaces associated with a second category of
applications. In another embodiment of the present disclosure, the first category of application
is distinct from the second category of application. In an embodiment of the present disclosure,
a selective number of the one or more application programming interfaces associated with the
first category of application are cross linked with a selective number of the one or more
application programming interfaces associated with the second category of application based on
the pre-defined set of rules. In an embodiment of the present disclosure, each of the one or
more application programming interfaces associated with the first category of application are
cross linked with each of the one or more application programming interfaces associated with
the second category of application based on the pre-defined set of rules.
 In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the one or more application
programming interfaces associated with the first category of application are cross linked with
the one or more application programming interfaces associated with a plurality of categories of
applications. In another embodiment of the present disclosure, the first category of application
is distinct from each of the plurality of categories of applications. In yet another embodiment of
the present disclosure, each category of application of the plurality of categories of applications
is a distinct category of application.
 In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the one or more application
programming interfaces associated with the first category of application are cross linked with
each of the one or more applications associated with the plurality of categories of applications
based on the pre-defined set of rules. In another embodiment of the present disclosure, the one
or more application programming interfaces associated with the first category of application are
cross linked with the one or more application programming interfaces associated with the
second category of application and the one or more application programming interfaces
associated with a third category of application. In yet another embodiment of the present
disclosure, a selective number of the one or more application programming interfaces associated
with the first category of application are cross linked with a selective number of the one or more
application programming interfaces associated with the second category of applications and a
selective number of the one or more application programming interfaces associated with the
third category of applications based on the pre-defined set of rules.
 In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the pre-defined set of rules are defined
based on a current location of a user accessing the one or more applications of the plurality of
applications 102, a current time of accessing the one or more applications of the plurality of
applications 102, a gender of the user accessing the one or more applications of the plurality of
applications 102 and an age of the user accessing the one or more applications of the plurality of
applications 102. In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the pre-defined set of rules is set
by an administrator associated with the application integrating system 108. In another
embodiment of the present disclosure, the pre-defined set of rules is set by the application
provider associated each of the plurality of applications 108.
 In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the location based rule is defined for
checking availability of service each of the plurality of applications 102 in a particular area
where each of the plurality of applications is accessed. In an embodiment of the present
disclosure, the time based rule is defined checking availability of services associated with each
of the plurality of applications 102 on a current time of accessing the plurality of applications
102. In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the gender based rules and the age based rule
is defined for users belonging to a specific gender and age group who have accessed the
plurality of applications 102.
 In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the application provider provides the
pre-defined set of rules to the administrator of the application integrating system 108. In an
embodiment of the present disclosure, the pre-defined set of rules set by both the administrator
of the application integrating system 108 and the application provider associated with each of
the plurality of applications 102 are taken into account by the cross linking engine 210 for
performing the cross linking of the application programming interfaces categorized into the
corresponding category of application. In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the cross
linking engine 210 takes a decision for linking the one or more application programming
interfaces associated with a particular common category of applications with the one or more
application programming interfaces associated with another particular common category of
applications in real time.
 In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the cross linking is performed for
enabling each application provider to utilize services of other application providers through
their application programming interfaces in order to enable the plurality of users to access
services of various applications on a single application. In an embodiment of the present
disclosure, the number of applications currently providing service through the single application
is based on the pre-defined set of rules. In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the
application integrating system 108 enables each application provider to deal with another
application provider through the application programming interfaces 104a.
 In an embodiment of the present disclosure, each application provider may deal with
a plurality of application providers through the application integrating system 108. In an
embodiment of the present disclosure, the application provider may deal with a selected number
of application providers based on their choice.
 Extending the above stated example, the cross linking engine 210 enables cross
linking of the application programming interface AP1 associated with the category of
application C1 with the application programming interface AP3 and the application
programming interface AP4 associated with the category of application C2. Moreover, the
cross linking engine 210 links the application programming interface AP1 associated with the
category of application C1 with the application programming interface AP5 and the application
programming interface AP6 associated with the category of application C3. In addition, the
cross linking engine 204 links the application programming interface AP1 associated with the
category of application C1 with the application programming interface AP3 and the application
programming interface AP4 associated with the category of application C2 and with the
application programming interface AP5 and the application programming interface AP6
associated with the category of application C3. Further, the cross linking engine 210 links the
application programming interface AP1 associated with the category of application C1 with the
application programming interface AP3 associated with the category of application C2 and the
application programming interface AP5 associated with the category of application C3 only
based on the pre-defined set of rules.
 Going further, the database 212 of the application integrating system 108 is
configure to store the application programming interface associated with each of the plurality of
applications 102, each of the categorized application programming interface, each of the
consolidated application programming interfaces, each of the cross linked application
programming interfaces and the pre-defined set of rules
 It may be noted that in FIG. 2, various modules of the application integrating system
108 are shown that illustrates the working of the application integrating system 108; however
those skilled in the art would appreciate that the application integrating system 108 may have
more number of modules that could illustrate overall functioning of the application integrating
system 108.
 FIG. 3A illustrates a block diagram 300 for showing an example of the cross linking
of the one or more applications associated with the corresponding category of the one or more
categories of applications, in accordance with various embodiments of the present disclosure. It
may be noted that to explain the system elements of FIG. 3A, references will be made to the
system elements of FIG. 1 and FIG 2. The block diagram 200 includes an application 302, an
application 304, an application 306, an application 308, an application 310, an application 312
and an application integrating system 108. In addition, the block diagram 300 shows the cross
linking between two different categories of applications.
 Further, the application 302 is associated with an application programming interface
302a, the application 304 is associated with an application programming interface 304a, the
application 306 is associated with an application programming interface 306a, the application
308 is associated with an application programming interface 308a, the application 310 is
associated with an application programming interface 310a and the application 312 is associated
with an application programming interface 312a. Moreover, in an embodiment of the present
disclosure, the application programming interface 302a, the application programming interface
304a and the application programming interface 306a are associated with the first category of
application.
 Further, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, the application programming
interface 308a, the application programming interface 310a and the application programming
interface 312a are associated with the second category of application. The application
integrating system 108 fetches the application programming interface 302a, the application
programming interface 304a, the application programming interface 306a, the application
programming interface 308a, the application programming interface 310a and the application
programming interface 312a. In addition, the application programming interface 108
consolidates the application programming interface 302a, the application programming
interface 304a, the application programming interface 306a, the application programming
interface 308a, the application programming interface 310a and the application programming
interface 312a.
 Moreover, the application integrating system 108 categorizes the application
programming interface 302a, the application programming interface 304a and the application
programming interface 306a into the first category of application and categorizes the
application programming interface 308a, the application programming interface 310a and the
application programming interface 312a into the second category of application. Further, the
application integrating system 108 links the application programming interface 302a, the
application programming interface 304a and the application programming interface 306a
associated with the first category of application with the application programming interface
308a, the application programming interface 310a and the application programming interface
312a.
 In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the application integrating system 108
links the application programming interface 302a with the application programming interface
308a, the application programming interface 310a and the application programming interface
312 based on the pre-defined set of rules. In another embodiment of the present disclosure, the
application integrating system 108 links the application programming interface 302a with the
application programming interface 308a and the application programming interface 310a based
on the pre-defined set of rules. In yet another embodiment of the present disclosure, the
application integrating system 108 links the application programming interface 302a with the
application programming interface 308a and the application programming interface 312a based
on the pre-defined set of rules.
 In yet another embodiment of the present disclosure, the application integrating
system 108 links the application programming interface 302a with the application programming
interface 310a and the application programming interface 312a based on the pre-defined set of
rules.
 FIG. 3B illustrates a block diagram 200 for showing cross linking of the plurality of
applications, in accordance with various embodiments of the present disclosure. It may be
noted that to explain the system elements of FIG. 3B, references will be made to the system
elements of FIG. 1, FIG, 2 and FIG. 3A. In addition, the block diagram 200 shows the cross
linking of a single application (the application 302) associated with the first category of
application with the one or more applications (the application 308, the application 310 and the
application 312) associated with the second category of applications.
 Going further, the application integrating system 108 links the application
programming interface 302a associated with the application 302 with the application
programming interface 308a associated with the application 308, the application programming
interface 310a associated with the application 310 and the application programming interface
312a associated with the application 312. In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the
application integrating system 108 enables the application provider associated with the
application 302 to utilize services and functions of the application 308, the application 310 and
the application 312 through the corresponding application programming interface 308a, the
corresponding application programming interface 310a and the corresponding application
programming interface 312a.
 In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the application integrating system 108
may link the application programming interface 302a with a selective number of application
programming interfaces of the application programming interface 308a, the application
programming interface 310a and the application programming interface 312a based on the predefined
set of rules. In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the application provider
associated with the application 302 may or may not display service from each of the
applications 308-312 based on a choice of the application provider. For example, a user A
accesses an application X integrated with an application Y through an application programming
interface Y1 and an application Z through an application programming interface Z1. The
application integrating system 108 checks the current location of the user A and finds that the
services of the application Y are not available in the current location. The application
integrating system 108 displays or enables services of the application Z only on the application
X based on the current location.
 In another example, the application integrating system 108 checks the current time
(say, 9.30 pm) at which the user A accesses the application X and determines that the
application Z does not provide service at the current time. The application integrating system
108 displays or enables services of the application Y only on the application X based on the
current time.
 FIG. 3C illustrates a portable communication device 314 for showing the cross
linking of the plurality of applications, in accordance with various embodiments of the present
disclosure. It may be noted that to explain the system elements of FIG. 3C, references will be
made to the system elements of FIG. 1, FIG. 2, FIG. 3A and FIG. 3B. The portable
communication device 314 includes the application 302 installed on the portable
communication device 314. In addition, the portable communication device 314 includes a
smart phone, a tablet, a laptop and the like. In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the
portable communication device 314 is associated with a specific type of operating system.
 Going further, the application programming interface 302a associated with the
application 302 is linked with the application programming interface 308a, the application
programming interface 310a and the application programming interface 312a. In addition, the
application 302 is accessed by the user of a plurality of users presently in any location and on a
specified time for requesting any service. The application integrating system 108 checks the
current location and the current time of the access of the application 302 and determines that the
services of each the application 308, the application 310 and the application 312 is available in
the present location and the present time.
 The application integrating system 108 displays the services of each of the
application 308, the application 310 and the application 312 on the application 302 on a screen
of the portable communication device 314. The user may choose services from any application
based on his/her choice.
 FIG. 4 illustrates a block diagram 400 for showing an additional component of the
application integrating system 108, in accordance with various embodiments of the present
disclosure. The additional component of the application integrating system 108 includes a rules
based engine 402. In addition, the rules based engine 402 is configured to define the predefined
set of rules for enabling the cross linking of the plurality of applications 102.
 In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the administrator associated with the
application integrating system 108 sets the pre-defined set of rules though the rules based
engine 402. In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the pre-defined set of rules is updated
through the rules based engine 402. In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the pre-defined
set of rules is stored in the rules based engine 402. In addition, the rules based engine 402
includes a rules repository 402a and a rules library 402b.
 Moreover, the rules repository 402a stores the pre-defined set of rules and the rules
library 402b is used for setting the pre-defined set of rules.
 FIG. 5 illustrates a block diagram 500 of a communication device 502, in
accordance with various embodiments of the present disclosure. In an embodiment, the
communication device 502 enables the hosting of the application integrating system 108. The
communication device 502 includes a control circuitry module 504, a storage module 506, an
input/output circuitry module 308 and a communication circuitry module 510.
 Going further, the communication device 502 includes any suitable type of portable
electronic device. Examples of the communication device 502 include but may not be limited
to a personal e-mail device (e.g., a Blackberry.TM. made available by Research in Motion of
Waterloo, Ontario), a personal data assistant ("PDA"), a cellular telephone, a Smartphone, the
laptop computer, and the tablet computer. In another embodiment of the present disclosure, the
communication device 502 can be a desktop computer.
 From the perspective of this disclosure, the control circuitry module 506 includes
any processing circuitry or processor operative to control the operations and performance of the
communication device 502. For example, the control circuitry module 206 may be used to run
operating system applications, firmware applications, media playback applications, media
editing applications, or any other application. In an embodiment, the control circuitry module
506 drives a display and process inputs received from the user interface. From the perspective
of this disclosure, the storage module 508 includes one or more storage mediums including a
hard-drive, solid state drive, flash memory, permanent memory such as ROM, any other
suitable type of storage component, or any combination thereof. The storage module 508 may
store, for example, media data (e.g., music and video files), application data (e.g., for
implementing functions on the communication device 502).
 From the perspective of this disclosure, the I/O circuitry module 510 may be
operative to convert (and encode/decode, if necessary) analog signals and other signals into
digital data. In an embodiment, the I/O circuitry module 510 may also convert the digital data
into any other type of signal and vice-versa. For example, the I/O circuitry module 510 may
receive and convert physical contact inputs (e.g., from a multi-touch screen), physical
movements (e.g., from a mouse or sensor), analog audio signals (e.g., from a microphone), or
any other input. The digital data may be provided to and received from the control circuitry
module 506, the storage module 508 or any other component of the communication device 502.
 It may be noted that the I/O circuitry module 510 is illustrated in FIG. 5 as a single
component of the communication device 502; however those skilled in the art would appreciate
that several instances of the I/O circuitry module 510 may be included in the communication
device 502. The communication device 502 may include any suitable interface or component
for allowing the user to provide inputs to the I/O circuitry module 510. The communication
device 502 may include any suitable input mechanism. Examples of the input mechanism
include but may not be limited to a button, keypad, dial, a click wheel, and a touch screen. In
an embodiment, the communication device 502 may include a capacitive sensing mechanism, or
a multi-touch capacitive sensing mechanism.
 In an embodiment, the communication device 502 may include specialized output
circuitry associated with output devices such as, for example, one or more audio outputs. The
audio output may include one or more speakers built into the communication device 502, or an
audio component that may be remotely coupled to the communication device 502. The one or
more speakers can be mono speakers, stereo speakers, or a combination of both. The audio
component can be a headset, headphones or ear buds that may be coupled to the communication
device 502 with a wire or wirelessly. In an embodiment, the I/O circuitry module 510 may
include display circuitry for providing a display visible to the user. For example, the display
circuitry may include a screen (e.g., an LCD screen) that is incorporated in the communication
device 502.
 The display circuitry may include a movable display or a projecting system for
providing a display of content on a surface remote from the communication device 502 (e.g., a
video projector). In an embodiment, the display circuitry may include a coder/decoder to
convert digital media data into the analog signals. For example, the display circuitry may
include video Codecs, audio Codecs, or any other suitable type of Codec. The display circuitry
may include display driver circuitry, circuitry for driving display drivers or both. The display
circuitry may be operative to display content. The display content can include media playback
information, application screens for applications implemented on the electronic device,
information regarding ongoing communications operations, information regarding incoming
communications requests, or device operation screens under the direction of the control
circuitry module 506. Alternatively, the display circuitry may be operative to provide
instructions to a remote display.
 In addition, the communication device 502 includes the communication circuitry
module 512. The communication circuitry module 512 may include any suitable
communication circuitry operative to connect to a communication network and to transmit
communications (e.g., voice or data) from the communication device 502 to other devices
within the communications network. The communication circuitry module 512 may be
operative to interface with the communication network using any suitable communication
protocol. Examples of the communication protocol include but may not be limited to Wi-Fi,
Bluetooth RTM, radio frequency systems, infrared, LTE, GSM, GSM plus EDGE, CDMA, and
quadband.
 In an embodiment, the communication circuitry module 512 may be operative to
create a communications network using any suitable communications protocol. For example,
the communication circuitry module 512 may create a short-range communication network
using a short-range communications protocol to connect to other devices. For example, the
communication circuitry module 512 may be operative to create a local communication network
using the Bluetooth, RTM protocol to couple the communication device 502 with a Bluetooth,
RTM headset.
 It may be noted that the computing device is shown to have only one communication
operation; however, those skilled in the art would appreciate that the communication device 502
may include one more instances of the communication circuitry module 512 for simultaneously
performing several communication operations using different communication networks. For
example, the communication device 502 may include a first instance of the communication
circuitry module 512 for communicating over a cellular network, and a second instance of the
communication circuitry module 512 for communicating over Wi-Fi or using Bluetooth RTM.
 In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the same instance of the communication
circuitry module 512 may be operative to provide for communications over several
communication networks. In an embodiment, the communication device 502 may be coupled to
a host device for data transfers, syncing the communication device 502, software or firmware
updates, providing performance information to a remote source (e.g., providing riding
characteristics to a remote server) or performing any other suitable operation that may require
the communication device 502 to be coupled to the host device. Several computing devices
may be coupled to a single host device using the host device as a server. Alternatively or
additionally, the communication device 502 may be coupled to the several host devices (e.g., for
each of the plurality of the host devices to serve as a backup for data stored in the
communication device 502).
 The foregoing descriptions of specific embodiments of the present technology have
been presented for purposes of illustration and description. They are not intended to be
exhaustive or to limit the present technology to the precise forms disclosed, and obviously many
modifications and variations are possible in light of the above teaching. The embodiments were
chosen and described in order to best explain the principles of the present technology and its
practical application, to thereby enable others skilled in the art to best utilize the present
technology and various embodiments with various modifications as are suited to the particular
use contemplated. It is understood that various omissions and substitutions of equivalents are
contemplated as circumstance may suggest or render expedient, but such are intended to cover
the application or implementation without departing from the spirit or scope of the claims of the
present technology.
 While several possible embodiments of the invention have been described above and
illustrated in some cases, it should be interpreted and understood as to have been presented only
by way of illustration and example, but not by limitation. Thus, the breadth and scope of a
preferred embodiment should not be limited by any of the above-described exemplary
embodiments.

Claims
What is claimed is:
1. An application integrating system comprising:
a fetching module in a processor, the fetching module being configured to fetch an
application programming interface associated with each of a plurality of applications;
a consolidation engine in the processor, the consolidation engine being configured to
consolidate the fetched application programming interface associated with each of the plurality
of applications;
a categorization engine in the processor, the categorization engine being configured to
categorize the application programming interface associated with each of the plurality of
applications into a corresponding category of application of one or more categories of
applications associated with the corresponding plurality of applications;
a cross linking engine in the processor, the cross linking engine being configured to enable
cross linking of the application programming interface associated with each of the plurality of
applications based on the categorization and a pre-defined set of rules.
2. The application integrating system as recited in claim 1, wherein the categorization engine
further comprises a determination module, the determination module being configured to
determine the corresponding category of application for the application programming
interface associated with each of the plurality of applications and wherein each of the
plurality of applications being an on demand service application.
3. The application integrating system as recited in claim 1, wherein one or more application
programming interfaces associated with a first category of application being cross linked
with one or more application programming interfaces associated with a second category of
applications, wherein the first category of application being distinct from the second category
of application.
4. The application integrating system as recited in claim 3, wherein the one or more application
programming interfaces associated with the first category of application being cross linked
with the one or more application programming interfaces associated with a plurality of
categories of applications, wherein the first category of application being distinct from each
of the plurality of categories of application and wherein each category of application of the
plurality of categories of application being a distinct category of application.
5. The application integrating system as recited in claim 1, wherein the pre-defined set of rules
being defined based on a current location of a user accessing one or more applications of the
plurality of applications, a current time of accessing the one or more applications of the
plurality of applications, a gender of the user accessing the one or more applications of the
plurality of applications and an age of the user accessing the one or more applications of the
plurality of applications.
6. The application integrating system as recited in claim 5, wherein the pre-defined set of rules
being set by an administrator.
7. The application integrating system as recited in claim 6, wherein the pre-defined set of rules
being set by an application provider associated with each of the plurality of applications.
8. The application integrating system as recited in claim 1, wherein the application
programming interface being fetched from each of a plurality of application servers
associated with a corresponding plurality of applications.
9. The application integrating system as recited in claim 1, further comprising a creation
module in the processor, the creation module being configured to create a common
application programming interface for each of the one or more application programming
interfaces categorized into the corresponding similar category of application.
10. The application integrating system as recited in claim 1, further comprising a database in the
processor, the database being configured to store the application programming interface
associated with each of the plurality of applications, each of the categorized application
programming interface, each of the consolidated application programming interfaces, each of
the cross linked application programming interfaces and the pre-defined set of rules.