Patent ID: 6990527

Claim:
A network resource access system for providing a network terminal with access to a selected network resource device over a network for communication of translated source data from the network terminal to the network resource device, the system comprising: a resource registry including resource configuration data associated with the selected network resource device, the resource configuration data including a driver identifier for a resource driver associated with the selected network resource device, the resource driver for translating source data to produce the translated source data in a format suitable for processing by the network resource device; and an authorization server for receiving a request from the network terminal for communication access to the selected network resource device, the request configured to include a device identifier associated with the selected network resource device and user configuration data associated with the network terminal, the authorization server being configured for determining the network terminal is authorized to access, according to the user configuration data, the selected network resource device associated with the device identifier and for determining the network terminal is configured with the resource driver associated with the driver identifier.