Methods and systems for using a mobile device for application input

A method comprising:

• providing, at a first computing device, a first instance of a runtime environment;
• executing, at the first computing device, an application configured to receive input data via a first input device of the first computing device and to receive additional input data via the first instance of the runtime environment;
• identifying, by the first computing device, a second instance of the runtime environment contemporaneously executing at a second computing device;
• obtaining, by the first computing device, the additional input data received by a second input device of the second computing device, wherein the additional input data is communicated in a common messaging format of the runtime environment between the first instance and the second instance of the runtime environment;
• converting the additional input data from the common messaging format to a format compatible with an application programming interface of the application;
• utilizing, by the application executed at the first computing device, a first function call of the application programming interface that is specified by the input data received by the first input device;
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• utilizing, by the application executed at the first computing device, a second function call of the application programming interface that is specified by the additional input data received by the second input device, wherein the second function call comprises a command for the second instance of the runtime environment to directly communicate with a hardware component of the second input device.

A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium embodying program code executable by a computing system, the program code comprising:

• program code for executing, at a first computing device, a first instance of a runtime environment;
• program code for executing, at the first computing device, an application configured to utilize input data via a first input device of the first computing device and to utilize additional input data obtained by the first instance of the runtime environment;
• program code for identifying, by the first computing device, a second instance of the runtime environment contemporaneously executing at a second computing device and providing access to a second input device of the second computing device;
• program code for obtaining, by the first computing device, the additional input data received by the second input device by communicating a function call of an application programming interface between the first instance and the second instance of the runtime environment, wherein the application programming interface is provided by the runtime environment and is configured for accessing the second input device, wherein the function call comprises a command for the second instance of the runtime environment to directly communicate with a hardware component of the second input device;
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• program code for utilizing, by the application executed at the first computing device, the input data received by the first input device and the additional input data received by the second input device.