Providing to a web-based application access at a hardware level to a peripheral device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9392064-B2
Application number	US-201213533929-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 26, 2012
Priority date	Jun 26, 2012
Publication date	Jul 12, 2016
Grant date	Jul 12, 2016

Abstract

The disclosed subject matter relates to computer implemented methods for providing to a web-based application access at a hardware level to a peripheral device. In one aspect, a method includes establishing a first link between a computing device and a web-based application. The computing device is configured to access the web-based application. The method further includes establishing a second link between the computing device and a peripheral device. The method further includes bridging the first link and the second link to establish a communication channel between the web-based application and the peripheral device. The communication channel is configured to provide to the web-based application access at a hardware level to the peripheral device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computer-implemented method for providing to a web-based application access at a hardware level to a peripheral device, the method comprising:
establishing a first link between a computing device and a server remote from the computing device, wherein the first link is established when the computing device connects to the server and provides access to a web-based application operating on the server;
establishing a second link between the computing device and a peripheral device; and
bridging the first link and the second link to establish a communication channel between the web-based application and the peripheral device,
wherein the communication channel is configured to provide to the web-based application access at a hardware level to the peripheral device from the server and to provide the peripheral device and the web-based application the ability to send data to and receive data from each other through the computing device without intermediary translation by software installed on the computing device.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the bridging comprises a handshake to establish the communication channel.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2 , wherein the handshake is a secure handshake.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the peripheral device is a wireless peripheral device, and wherein the second link between the computing device and the wireless peripheral device is a wireless link.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the peripheral device is connected to the computing device with a wire, and wherein the second link between the computing device and the peripheral device is a wired link.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the communication channel is configured to limit access privileges of the web-based application to the peripheral device.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the communication channel is configured to enable the peripheral device to receive raw data from the web-based application.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the communication channel is configured to enable the peripheral device to send raw data to the web-based application.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the peripheral device is a second computing device.

10. A system for providing to a web-based application access at a hardware level to a peripheral device, the system comprising:
a memory comprising instructions for providing to a web-based application access at a hardware level to a peripheral device; and
a processor configured to execute the instructions to:
establish a first link between a computing device and a server remote from the computing device, wherein the first link is established when the computing device connects to the server and provides access to a web-based application operating on the server;
establish a second link between the computing device and a peripheral device; and
bridge the first link and the second link to establish a communication channel between the web-based application and the peripheral device,

wherein the communication channel is configured to provide to the web-based application access at a hardware level to the peripheral device from the server and to provide the peripheral device and the web-based application the ability to send data to and receive data from each other through the computing device without intermediary translation by software installed on the computing device.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the bridging comprises a handshake to establish the communication channel.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the handshake is a secure handshake.

13. The system of claim 10 , wherein the peripheral device is a wireless peripheral device, and wherein the second link between the computing device and the wireless peripheral device is a wireless link.

14. The system of claim 10 , wherein the communication channel is configured to limit access privileges of the web-based application to the peripheral device.

15. The system of claim 10 , wherein the peripheral device is a second computing device.

16. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising machine-readable instructions for causing a processor to execute a method for providing a web-based application access at a hardware level to a peripheral device, the method comprising:
establishing a first link between a computing device and a server remote from the computing device, wherein the first link is established when the computing device connects to the server and provides access to a web-based application operating on the server;
establishing a second link between the computing device and a peripheral device; and
bridging the first link and the second link to establish a communication channel between the web-based application and the peripheral device, wherein the communication channel is configured to provide to the web-based application access at a hardware level to the peripheral device from the server and to provide the peripheral device and the web-based application the ability to send data to and receive data from each other through the computing device without intermediary translation by software installed on the computing device.

17. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein the peripheral device is a wireless peripheral device, and second link between the computing device and the wireless peripheral device is a wireless link.

18. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein the communication channel is configured to limit access privileges of the web-based application to the peripheral device.

19. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein the second peripheral device is a second computing device.

Assignees

• Wuellner Trond Thomas
• Remnant Scott James
• Google Inc

Inventors

• Wuellner Trond Thomas
• Remnant Scott James

Classifications

• H04L67/02

  based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP] · CPC title

• H04L69/14

  Multichannel or multilink protocols · CPC title

• H04L67/141 Primary

  Setup of application sessions (admission control or resource allocation in data switching networks H04L47/70) · CPC title