Patent ID: 8918516

Claim:
A system for enabling non-network functionality to be networked using a symbiotic computer protocol that is embedded within an existing protocol to facilitate communication of commands and data, the symbiotic computer protocol residing on a server computer, the server computer being in communication with at least one client computer via a network, and the system being configured to: receive a prompt from the at least one client computer, the prompt including client identification information and a request for commands or data obtainable from applications or memory residing on the server computer; store the requested commands or data; convert the stored commands or data into a single predetermined format capable of being read by both the at least one client computer and the server computer; and transmit the converted commands or data to the at least one client computer via the network, wherein the symbiotic computer protocol that is embedded within the existing protocol is configured to enable commands or data residing on the server computer that are incapable of being natively transmitted to the at least one client computer to be converted into the single predetermined format, and to use the client identification information to determine that the at least one client computer is a correct destination to which the converted commands or data are to be transmitted.