Patent ID: 9213816
Filing Date: 2015-12-15
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for communicating with peripheral devices comprising: loading, by a computer, a configuration file specifying supported peripheral devices and defining commands for each supported peripheral device; providing, by a computer, a list of one or more peripheral devices to an interface configured to present the list of one or more peripheral devices; receiving, by a computer, a selection of a peripheral device from the list of one or more peripheral devices presented in the interface; calling, by a computer, a device handler for the selected peripheral device; invoking, by a computer, protocols for the selected peripheral device that are specified by the device handler corresponding to the selected peripheral device; and sending, by a computer, commands entered through the interface to the selected peripheral device using the invoked protocols of the device handler corresponding to the selected peripheral device.