Patent ID: 7117268
Filing Date: 2006-10-03
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A system for facilitating communications with one or more embedded devices from a client application, said system comprising: gateway software running on a gateway computer, said gateway software including: server software running on a server computer that is separate and distinct from the gateway computer, said server software including: said system operating such that said server software communicates with said gateway software and said gateway software communicates with the one or more embedded devices, said server software operating to send a user interface component to the client application, the client application thereafter using the user interface component to communicate with an embedded device by sending communications to said server software, said server software facilitating communications with the embedded device through said gateway software, wherein the system is designed such that when a request is sent from the client application to the server computer, the server computer will determine whether the gateway or third party software is necessary to service the request.