Patent ID: 8438259
Filing Date: 2013-05-07
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: determining by a web application running on a computing device that an accessory device directly connected in a non-networked manner to an electronic device is to be used during usage of the web application, the computing device connected to the electronic device over a network; determining by the web application whether the accessory device has a shared context or an owned context, the shared context specifying that the usage of the accessory device is shared among the web application and one or more other web applications, the owned context specifying that the usage of the accessory device is exclusive to the web application and not to any other web application; where the accessory device has the shared context, sending a first command by the web application to the electronic device over the network to reserve temporary exclusive access to the accessory device by the web application; and where the accessory device has the owned context, sending an owned registration command by the web application to the electronic device to register the accessory device as having the owned context in relation to the web application.