The
system and method is disclosed for remotely controlling an application program over a network. The
system includes an application interception module and
remote display module. The
remote display module is transported across the network and executed on the user
system in response to a user's request to provide on-demand
remote control of an application program. The application interception module captures an I / O
stream generated by an application program, converts it to
remote control protocol messages and transports them across a network to the
remote display module executing in the user system. The remote display module converts the
remote control protocol messages to system calls compatible with the
operating system environment for the users computer. Likewise, the remote display module converts system calls to the local resource interface in the user's computer to remote control protocol messages which are transported across the network to the application interception module. The application interception module interface converts the remote control protocol messages to system calls for the application program. In this manner, output from the application program is provided to the user's computer and input actions at the user's computer are provided to the application program. Preferably, the remote display modules and application programs are presented through HTTP servers over a network to a user'
s system which uses a browser having a
JAVA interpreter to execute the remote display module and convert the remote control protocol messages.