摘要 |
A system for remote operation of a hardware device by a client computer (54), comprising: a server computer for being connected to the hardware device, the server being connected to the client computer through a network (48); and a driver (52) for communicating with the hardware device, the driver being operated by the server computer and a remote server (44) for communicating with the driver and the client computer, the remote server being operated by the server computer, such that the client computer is able to communicate with the hardware device through the remote server and a legacy application for being operated by the client computer, such that the legacy application (48) only communicates indirectly with the remote server and a legacy driver (56) for being operated by the client computer and interacting directly with the legacy application. |