Patent ID: 9392064
Filing Date: 2016-07-12
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method for providing to a web-based application access at a hardware level to a peripheral device, the method comprising: establishing a first link between a computing device and a server remote from the computing device, wherein the first link is established when the computing device connects to the server and provides access to a web-based application operating on the server; establishing a second link between the computing device and a peripheral device; and bridging the first link and the second link to establish a communication channel between the web-based application and the peripheral device, wherein the communication channel is configured to provide to the web-based application access at a hardware level to the peripheral device from the server and to provide the peripheral device and the web-based application the ability to send data to and receive data from each other through the computing device without intermediary translation by software installed on the computing device.