Patent ID: 8010715

Claim:
A method for creating a virtual device enabled document, the method comprising: receiving documentary information including information relating to a device; upon receiving the documentary information, receiving a virtual device operation initiator corresponding to at least a portion of the documentary information and the device, upon receiving the virtual device operation initiator, receiving a device operation identifier, the device operation identifier corresponding to the virtual device operation initiator and to a storage location storing configuration information for operating a target virtual device, the target virtual device being configured to emulate the device; upon receiving the device operation identifier, associating the device operation identifier with the virtual device initiator to form an identifier association; and creating a virtual device enabled electronic document including the documentary information, the virtual device operation initiator and at least one of the device operation identifier and the identifier association, wherein receiving the documentary information in a format that allows at least one embedded control corresponding to the virtual device initiator to be included in the virtual device enabled document.