Keyboard event detection and network event generation

A system comprising:

• a processor,
• a memory;
• an event server configured to detect an input event generated by a keyboard operatively connected to a computing device, the computing device comprising a network port configured to allow the event server to communicate with a network-based application over a network;
• and
• a web browser operating locally on the computing device and including the network-based application operating within the web browser, wherein the network-based application is configured to perform an actionable input event based on the input event upon a selection, on a visual interface of the web application, of a visual indicator corresponding to the actionable input event,
• wherein the event server is further configured to
• determine a location of the visual indicator on the visual interface of the network-based application within the web browser, and
• provide a signal indicating the selection of the visual indicator at the location over the network port responsive to the input event independent of which of one or more local applications, including the web browser, is active on the computing device as indicated by an input focus.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that when executed by a computing device cause the computing device to perform a method comprising:

• detecting an input event generated by a keyboard operatively connected to the computing device, wherein the input event corresponds to a selection of a multimedia key of the keyboard;
• determining that the input events corresponds to both:
• an action of a multimedia application operating locally on the computing device independent of which of a plurality of local applications on the computing device is active as indicated by an input focus, and
• an actionable input event of a network-based multimedia application, wherein the computing device is communicatively coupled to the network-based multimedia application over a network;
• determining a location of a visual indicator corresponding to the actionable input event on a visual interface of the network-based multimedia application, wherein a selection of the visual indicator provides a signal for the network-based application to perform the actionable input event;
• and
• providing a signal indicating the selection of the visual indicator at the location on the visual interface in lieu of providing the input event to the multimedia application operating locally on the computing device.