Remote access to information on a mobile terminal from a web browser extension

摘要

The invention relates to a method and system for managing information stored and/or services configured in a mobile terminal from a remote terminal, wherein the mobile terminal is configured to connect to a mobile communications network and comprises a web server having an API defined for each piece of information and for each service provided by the mobile terminal, and wherein said remote terminal has access to a data network. It comprises: making, from an extension of a web browser of the remote terminal to the mobile terminal, an HTTP request for managing one piece of information stored or a service configured in the mobile terminal, wherein the HTTP request is in accordance with said API defined in the web server of the mobile terminal and comprises an identifier of said information or service which is to be managed; sending an HTTP response from the mobile terminal to the extension in accordance with said API defined in the web server of the mobile and showing in the remote terminal an interface comprised in said extension for managing said information stored or service configured in the mobile.

主权项

1. A method for managing information stored and/or services configured in a mobile terminal from a remote terminal, wherein said mobile terminal is configured to connect to a mobile communications network and comprises a web server having a plurality of Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) with an API of the plurality of APIs defined for each piece of information and for each service provided by the mobile terminal, and wherein said remote terminal comprises a web browser and has access to a data network, the web browser of the remote terminal having a web browser extension, the method comprising:
making, from the web browser extension of the remote terminal, a HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) request for managing at least one piece of information stored or one service configured in the mobile terminal, wherein said HTTP request is in accordance with said at least one API of the plurality of APIs defined in the web server of said mobile terminal, and wherein said HTTP request comprises an identifier of said information or service to be managed; and sending, from the mobile terminal to said web browser extension of the remote terminal, an HTTP response in accordance with said at least one API of the plurality of APIs defined in the web server of the mobile terminal and showing in said remote terminal an interface comprised in said web browser extension for managing said information stored or service configured in the mobile terminal, wherein the web browser extension of the remote terminal comprises two or more of: an element in the menu of the web browser of the remote terminal; a search bar of the web browser of the remote terminal; and a button in the tool bar of the web browser of the remote terminal, and wherein the web browser extension of the remote terminal is configured to transfer to the mobile terminal information contained in conventional web pages of the web browser or to use the information to execute services of the mobile terminal.