Web-Based Interaction With A Local System

摘要

Systems, methods, and computer program products for facilitating web-based interaction with a local system are disclosed. Such systems, methods, and computer program products provide an approach that allows a web client within in a web browser environment to access local hardware and local software—via a web server contained in the local system—in a local computer system. In response to a user input, the web client directs local hardware and local software to perform actions (e.g., writing files and taking pictures). Information related to such actions is returned to the web client via the local web server. The local computer system may be remotely located from the web client and such returned information may be stored and/or executed at a remote site (e.g., cloud database). Security layers may be provided to authenticate the user as well as user permissions for accessing the local computer system.

主权项

1. At a computer system, the computer system including a local web client operating within a web browser environment at the computer system and including a local web server operating in association with an operating system of the computer system, the web browser environment in a sandbox, the sandbox preventing issuance of local resource commands to directly control local resources at the computer system, a method for web-based acquisition of data from a local resource at the computer system, the method executing on at least one processor of the computer system, the method comprising:
using a selected portion of a communication Application Programming Interface (API) to communicate a web protocol request signal to the local web server, the local web server including an interface for translating between web protocol signals and corresponding local resource commands, the local resource commands for controlling the local resource to acquire data in accordance with received web protocol request signals; and receiving a web protocol response signal from the local web server, the web protocol response signal responsive to the web protocol request, the web protocol response signal containing acquired data that was acquired by the local web server, the local web server having acquired the acquired data by issuing the corresponding local resource commands to the local resource to control the local resource to perform the specified action at the local resource.