Remote application publication and communication system

A system for publishing a remote application comprising:

• a publishing computer having a central processing unit and at least one storage device;
• a published application stored on said at least one storage device in electronic communication with said publishing computer;
• a translation file stored on said at least one storage device comprising i/o format information for the published application;
• a service agent stored in electronic communication with said published application, wherein said service agent interprets data received from said published application through the use of said translation file, wherein said translation file further comprises at least one instruction to publish data;
• and
• a user terminal having a thin-client interface for communicating with said service agent via the Internet.

A method for publishing an application over the Internet comprising:

• providing a publishing computer including a published software application, a translation file, and a service agent;
• establishing a connection between said publishing computer and a central server;
• reading an instruction to publish data from said translation file by said service agent;
• and
• publishing said data from said service agent to said central server.