Virtual serial cable

A computer-implemented method of binding communication sessions of remote serially-connected devices, comprising:

• receiving, by a computing device, one or more serial communications associated with a first serially-connected device located in a first location and a second serially-connected device located in a second location, wherein the first serially-connected device and the second serially-connected device are not configured to directly communicate with a network server, wherein the first serially-connected device is assigned a first universally unique identifier and is serially connected to a first device that enables communication with the network server, wherein the second serially-connected device is assigned a second universally unique identifier is serially connected to a second device that enables communication with the network server, and wherein a received serial communication includes the second universally unique identifier;
• obtaining the second universally unique identifier;
• determining that the second universally unique identifier is assigned to the second serially-connected device;
• creating a virtual serial connection between the first serially-connected device and the second serially-connected device, wherein the virtual serial connection is established with the second serially-connected device based on the second universally unique identifier being assigned to the second serially-connected device, wherein the virtual serial connection is created by binding a communication session of the first serially-connected device and the second serially-connected device such that serial communications from the first serially-connected device are configured to be transmitted to the second serially-connected device and serial communications from the second serially-connected device are configured to be transmitted to the first serially-connected device, and wherein the virtual serial connection is maintained until the first serially-connected device or the second serially-connected device is taken offline;
• and
• transmitting the serial communication to the second serially-connected device located in the second location, wherein the serial communication causes the second serially-connected device to perform an operation.

A computer-program product tangibly embodied in a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of a computing device, including instructions configured to cause one or more data processors to:

• receive one or more serial communications associated with a first serially-connected device located in a first location and a second serially-connected device located in a second location, wherein the first serially-connected device and the second serially-connected device are not configured to directly communicate with a network server, wherein the first serially-connected device is assigned a first universally unique identifier and is serially connected to a first device that enables communication with the network server, wherein the second serially-connected device is assigned a second universally unique identifier is serially connected to a second device that enables communication with the network server, and wherein a received serial communication includes the second universally unique identifier;
• obtain the second universally unique identifier;
• determine that the second universally unique identifier is assigned to the second serially-connected device;
• create a virtual serial connection between the first serially-connected device and the second serially-connected device, wherein the virtual serial connection is established with the second serially-connected device based on the second universally unique identifier being assigned to the second serially-connected device, wherein the virtual serial connection is created by binding a communication session of the first serially-connected device and the second serially-connected device such that serial communications from the first serially-connected device are configured to be transmitted to the second serially-connected device and serial communications from the second serially-connected device are configured to be transmitted to the first serially-connected device, and wherein the virtual serial connection is maintained until the first serially-connected device or the second serially-connected device is taken offline;
• and
• transmit the serial communication to the second serially-connected device located in the second location, wherein the serial communication causes the second serially-connected device to perform an operation.