Method, system and devices for communicating between an internet browser and an electronic device

1. A method of backing up data on a mobile device connected to a host computer via a communications protocol, wherein the host computer includes a scripting-language capable (SC) device controller which interfaces communications between a scripting engine of an Internet browser of the host computer and the mobile device in accordance with the communications protocol, the method comprising:

displaying, on a display of the host computer, a web page of a web-based device management application in an Internet browser, the web page including a backup interface element for inputting a request to backup data on the mobile device;

receiving, by the scripting engine, the request to backup data on the mobile device in response to interaction with the backup interface element of the web page; and

in response to receiving the request to backup data on the mobile device:

obtaining, by the SC device controller, device data from the mobile device, wherein the device data comprises application data;

sending, by the SC device controller, the device data to the scripting engine of the Internet browser; and

sending, by the Internet browser, the device data to a remote server over a communications network for storage on the remote server.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

displaying, on the display of the host computer, a web page of the web-based device management application in the Internet browser, the web page including a restore interface element for inputting a request to restore data to the mobile device;

receiving, by the scripting engine, the request to restore data to the mobile device in response to interaction with the restore interface element of the web page; and

in response to receiving the request to restore the data to the mobile device:

retrieving, by the Internet browser, the stored device data from the remote server over the communications network; and

sending, by the scripting engine of the Internet browser, the device data to the SC device controller;

sending, by the SC device controller, the device data to the mobile device for storage.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the device data includes one or more of email messages, address book and contact information, calendar and schedule information, notepad documents, or image files.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the web page is a Dynamic Hypertext Markup Language (DHTML) web page which includes a script which is executed by the scripting engine of the Internet browser.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising storing, by the remote server, the device data as a backup.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the SC controller is an ActiveX control.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the SC controller is a plug-in of the Internet browser.

8. An apparatus connected to a mobile device via a communications protocol, wherein the apparatus comprises a scripting-language capable (SC) device controller which interfaces communications between a scripting engine of an Internet browser of the apparatus and the mobile device in accordance with the communications protocol, the apparatus comprising:

a processor;

a display coupled to the processor;

a memory coupled to the processor, the memory storing executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor, to:

display, on the display, a web page of a web-based device management application in an Internet browser, the web page including a backup interface element for inputting a request to backup data on the mobile device;

receive, by the scripting engine, the request to backup data on the mobile device in response to interaction with the backup interface element of the web page; and

in response to receiving the request to backup data on the mobile device:

obtain, by the SC device controller, device data from the mobile device, wherein the device data comprises application data;

send, by the SC device controller, the device data to the scripting engine of the Internet browser; and

send, by the Internet browser, the device data to a remote server over a communications network for storage on the remote server.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

display, on the display, a web page of a web-based device management application in an Internet browser, the web page including a restore interface element for inputting a request to restore data on the mobile device;

receive, by the scripting engine, the request to restore data to the mobile device in response to interaction with the restore interface element of the web page; and

in response to receiving the request to restore the data to the mobile device:

retrieve, by the Internet browser, the stored device data from the remote server over the communications network; and

send, by the scripting engine of the Internet browser, the device data to the SC device controller;

send, by the SC device controller, the device data to the mobile device for storage.

10. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the device data includes one or more of email messages, address book and contact information, calendar and schedule information, notepad documents, or image files.

11. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the web page is a Dynamic Hypertext Markup Language (DHTML) web page which includes a script which is executed by the scripting engine of the Internet browser.

12. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to store, by the remote server, the device data as a backup.

13. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the SC controller is an ActiveX control or a plug-in of the Internet browser.

14. A non-transitory machine readable medium having tangibly stored thereon executable instructions that, when executed by a processor of an apparatus, cause the processor to perform a method of backing up data on a mobile device connected to the apparatus via a communications protocol, wherein the apparatus includes a scripting-language capable (SC) device controller which interfaces communications between a scripting engine of an Internet browser of the apparatus and the mobile device in accordance with the communications protocol, the processor being configured to:

display, on a display of the apparatus, a web page of a web-based device management application in an Internet browser, the web page including a backup interface element for inputting a request to backup data on the mobile device;

receive, by the scripting engine, the request to backup data on the mobile device in response to interaction with the backup interface element of the web page; and

in response to receiving the request to backup data on the mobile device:

obtain, by the SC device controller, device data from the mobile device, wherein the device data comprises application data;

send, by the SC device controller, the device data to the scripting engine of the Internet browser; and

send, by the Internet browser, the device data to a remote server over a communications network for storage on the remote server.

15. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

display, on the display of the apparatus, a web page of the web-based device management application in the Internet browser;

receive, by the scripting engine, a request to restore data to the mobile device; and

in response to receiving the request to restore the data to the mobile device:

retrieve, by the Internet browser, the stored device data from the remote server over the communications network; and

send, by the scripting engine of the Internet browser, the device data to the SC device controller;

send, by the SC device controller, the device data to the mobile device for storage.

16. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the processor is further configured to store, by the remote server, the device data as a backup.

17. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the SC controller is an ActiveX control or a plug-in of the Internet browser.

18. A method of restoring data on a mobile device connected to a host computer via a communications protocol, wherein the host computer includes a scripting-language capable (SC) device controller which interfaces communications between a scripting engine of an Internet browser of the host computer and the mobile device in accordance with the communications protocol, the method comprising:

displaying, on a display of the host computer, a web page of the web-based device management application in the Internet browser, the web page including a restore interface element for inputting a request to restore data to the mobile device;

receiving, by the scripting engine, the request to restore data to the mobile device in response to interaction with the restore interface element of the web page; and

in response to receiving the request to restore the data to the mobile device:

retrieving, by the Internet browser, the stored device data from the remote server over the communications network, wherein the device data comprises application data; and

sending, by the scripting engine of the Internet browser, the device data to the SC device controller;

sending, by the SC device controller, the device data to the mobile device for storage.

19. An apparatus connected to a mobile device via a communications protocol, wherein the apparatus comprises a scripting-language capable (SC) device controller which interfaces communications between a scripting engine of an Internet browser of the apparatus and the mobile device in accordance with the communications protocol, the apparatus comprising:

a processor;

a display coupled to the processor;

a memory coupled to the processor, the memory storing executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor, to:

display, on the display, a web page of the web-based device management application in the Internet browser, the web page including a restore interface element for inputting a request to restore data to the mobile device;

receive, by the scripting engine, the request to restore data to the mobile device in response to interaction with the restore interface element of the web page; and

in response to receiving the request to restore the data to the mobile device:

retrieve, by the Internet browser, the stored device data from the remote server over the communications network, wherein the device data comprises application data; and

send, by the scripting engine of the Internet browser, the device data to the SC device controller;

send, by the SC device controller, the device data to the mobile device for storage.

20. A non-transitory machine readable medium having tangibly stored thereon executable instructions that, when executed by a processor of an apparatus, cause the processor to perform a method of restoring data on a mobile device connected to the apparatus via a communications protocol, wherein the apparatus includes a scripting-language capable (SC) device controller which interfaces communications between a scripting engine of an Internet browser of the apparatus and the mobile device in accordance with the communications protocol, the processor being configured to:

display, on the display of the apparatus, a web page of the web-based device management application in the Internet browser, the web page including a restore interface element for inputting a request to restore data to the mobile device;

receive, by the scripting engine, the request to restore data to the mobile device in response to interaction with the restore interface element of the web page; and

in response to receiving the request to restore the data to the mobile device:

retrieve, by the Internet browser, the stored device data from the remote server over the communications network, wherein the device data comprises application data; and

send, by the scripting engine of the Internet browser, the device data to the SC device controller;

send, by the SC device controller, the device data to the mobile device for storage.