Patent ID: 9699248
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. A system comprising: a web server, wherein the web server is not a proxy server; the web server comprising a processor and a memory; and a module on the web server configured to cause the processor to: receive a communication comprising a first HTTP command from a host computer requesting a session on the web server; in response to receiving the communication, establish the session on the web server and assign a session-specific identifier to the session; receive a second HTTP command from the host computer to receive an encoded screen image from the host computer using a codec; receive a communication comprising a third HTTP command from a client computer requesting to join the session on the web server; send to the client computer the encoded screen image via a fourth HTTP command; receive a device input event originating at the client computer via a fifth HTTP command; and send to the host computer the device input event via a sixth HTTP command, the device input event being processed at the host computer to enable the client to act as master for input device input of the host computer.