REMOTELY CONTROLLING A DEVICE VIA A WEB BROWSER

摘要

Disclosed are system and method for remotely controlling a user device via a web browser. An example method includes accessing, via a web browser of a first user device, a third-party web page that provides a web API configured to perform remote control commands on one or more second user devices. The method further includes obtaining, via the web API information about at least one second user devices associated with the first user device and one or more remote control commands supported by a web browser of the second user device. The method further includes receiving, via the web API, a remote control command that instructs a web browser of a second user device to perform a function associated with the remote control command and transmitting the remote control command to the web browser of the second user device to perform the function on the second user device.

主权项

1. A method for remotely controlling a web browser, the method executable by a first user device coupled to a network, the method comprising:
transmitting over the network to a sync server a first request, the first request for registering the first user device with the sync server, by associating the user device with a first user profile; transmitting first information about configuration of the first user device to the sync server, thereby synchronizing the first user device with the sync server, in response to a web browser of the first user device being activated; accessing, by the web browser of the first user device, a third-party web page providing a web application program interface (API), the web API configured to generate a user interface component in the first user device web browser to display (i) a list of remote control commands for selection by a user of the first user device, and (ii) a list of one or more registered second user devices associated with the first user profile capable of performing each of the remote control command via a web browser of the second user device; selecting, by the web browser of the first user device, the second user device and the remote control command to be performed by the web browser of the second user device; establishing via the web API, a direct peer-to-peer connection between the web browser of the first user device and the web browser of the second user device; and, transmitting, via the direct peer-to-peer connection, the selected remote control command to the second user device web browser to perform the remote control command.