System and method for computer peripheral access from cloud computing devices

A method comprising:

• monitoring data communicated over a bus;
• determining that the data is communicated between a peripheral device and a client device;
• and
• sending the data in an unaltered form, and an identifier identifying the peripheral device, to a cloud server, wherein the data is operable to be received by a device driver executing on the cloud server, and wherein further an instruction is executed on the cloud server based on the data received by the device driver.

An apparatus comprising:

• a receiving module operable to receive peripheral device data in an unaltered form and an identifier identifying a peripheral device, wherein the unaltered peripheral device data is a forwarded communication between the peripheral device and a client device;
• an enabling module operable to enable a device driver based on the received identifier;
• and
• an execution module operable to execute one or more commands via the device driver, based on the received peripheral device data.

A method comprising:

• receiving peripheral device data in an unaltered form and an identifier identifying a peripheral device, wherein the unaltered peripheral device data is a forwarded communication between the peripheral device and a client device;
• enabling a device driver based on the received identifier;
• and
• executing one or more commands via the device driver, based on the received peripheral device data.