METHOD FOR ENABLING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN A USER DEVICE BROWSER AND A LOCAL DEVICE

摘要

A method, computer program product and system are provided to enable communication between a browser on a user device, such as a mobile device or personal computer, and a local device, such as a printer. A host system may provide a host web application for generating data for display by a browser, and may also integrate with an application programming interface (API) to embed code into the host web application such that when executed by the browser, enables the communication between the browser and a local device communication application. The local device communication application may then control communication to the local device, such as causing the data to be printed on a printer. The provided methods may be implemented independently of the browser type and/or operating system type.

主权项

1. A computer program product configured to operate on a user device to enable communication between a local device and a browser, wherein the browser is configured to operate on the user device, and the computer program product is configured to:
receive a request generated by the browser; determine that the request includes a request to communicate data transmitted from the browser via the computer program product; and cause transmission of a device command to the local device, wherein the device command is generated based on the data transmitted from the browser and information relating to the local device.