Patent 7467217 was granted and assigned to Wyse Technology on December, 2008 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A system for communicating with a device is disclosed. The system includes a client configured to issue a request. The request represents an operation that the client wishes to have the device perform. The system further includes a server configured to receive the request from the client and translate the request into a format that is decipherable by the device, establish a logical connection with the device via the client, and forward the translated request to the device via the logical connection. The device acts on the translated request to effect the operation.