Hardware resource accessing systems and methods for accessing hardware resources in browser-based operating systems and machine-readable storage medium thereof

摘要

Methods for accessing hardware resources in an electronic device with a browser-based operating system (OS) which includes a user interface running in a browser are provided. A local server is first provided on the electronic device, wherein the local server has a corresponding URL and a dedicated network port. Then, upon receiving a service request from the client-side web application, the local server analyzes a service type of the service request and performs an operation to at least one of the hardware resources corresponding to the service type, wherein the service request is generated and directed to the local server according to the URL and the dedicated network port of the local server by the client-side web application on the electronic device.

主权项

1. A method for accessing hardware resources in an electronic device having an operating system, comprising:
providing a local server on the electronic device having the operating system, wherein the local server has a corresponding Universal Resource Locator (URL) and a dedicated network port, and wherein the operating system runs a browser to use cloud computing to access web applications in the cloud and uses the browser as a user interface; and upon receiving a service request from a web application running in the browser of the operating system of the electronic device, analyzing a service type of the service request and performing, by the local server, an operation to at least one hardware resource corresponding to the service type, wherein the service request is generated and directed to the local server according to the URL and the dedicated network port of the local server by the web application running in the browser of the operating system, wherein the service request is generated periodically.