US Patent 9632851 Secure inter-process communications for mobile devices

A secure inter-process communication channel is provided to enable application to share data objects. An application may provide an export file type definition indicating data objects that may be shared with another application. Sharing data object between application may include obtaining the export file type definition from the application and displaying a graphical user interface based at least in part on the export file type definition. Data objects may be selected through the graphical user interface and provided to another application based at least in part on the selection.