Various embodiments of the present invention transform devices into Web
services or special-purpose servers that are capable of communicating
with personal computers. Various embodiments of the present invention
allow various low-level aspects of device drivers to reside in the
devices, eliminating the need for the devices to be compatible with
legacy specification. Various embodiments of the present invention allow
various devices to be shipped from the factory with low-level software
already built in so that users are liberated from having to deal with the
experience of installing and upgrading device drivers. In various
embodiments of the present invention, each device is preferably a network
node identifiable by a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI).
