Patent ID: 7712110
Filing Date: 2010-05-04
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for controlling image acquisition devices associated with a client, the method comprising: selecting, by a demultiplexor executing on a client, a TWAIN proxy application from a plurality of TWAIN proxy applications executing on the client communicating with a server via a presentation layer protocol, the selected TWAIN proxy application associated with a TWAIN application executing on the server; receiving by said TWAIN proxy application, from the server, over a network using the presentation-layer protocol, a command directed to an image-acquisition device associated with the client; issuing, by the TWAIN proxy application, a TWAIN Application Programming Interface (API) call to the associated image acquisition device, based on the received command; receiving, from the image-acquisition device, an acquired image in a response to the issued TWAIN API call; and transmitting, by the client, to the server, over the network, using the presentation layer protocol, the received response.