Terminal emulation over html

1. A method for converting data between two data transfer protocol types, comprising:

receiving, at an emulator, first HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP)-enabled data uploaded from a web browser of a first computer system, the first HTTP-enable data being representative of first front end data collected by a data capturing device of the first computer system;

opening, by the emulator, a dedicated remote terminal session with a remote terminal session server of a second computer system following receipt of the first HTTP-enabled data;

converting, by the emulator, the first HTTP-enabled data to first remote terminal session data, the first remote terminal session data being formatted according to a Telnet protocol that is usable by a software application of the second computer system that is not Internet-dependent and not capable of using the first HTTP-enable data;

sending, by the emulator, the first remote terminal session data to the second computer system via the dedicated remote terminal session;

further receiving, at the emulator, second HTTP-enabled data uploaded from the web browser, the second HTTP-enable data being representative of second front end data collected by the data capturing device;

reopening, by the emulator, the dedicated remote terminal session following receipt of the second HTTP-enabled data;

converting, by the emulator, the second HTTP-enabled data to second remote terminal session data, the second remote terminal session data being formatted according to the Telnet protocol; and

sending, by the emulator, the second remote terminal session data to the second computer system via the reopened remote terminal session.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first computer system comprises a mobile device.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the emulator runs on an intermediate computer system; and

the intermediate computer system is in electronic communication with the first computer system and the second computer system.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the emulator comprises:

a first component that appears as a web server to the web browser running on the first computer system; and

a second component that appears as a remote terminal session client to the remote terminal session server running on the second computer system.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein:

the remote terminal session client comprises a Telnet client; and

the remote terminal session server comprises a Telnet server.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second computer system comprises a mainframe computer system.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving third remote terminal session data from the second computer system via the dedicated remote terminal session;

converting the third remote terminal session data to third HTTP-enabled data; and

sending the third HTTP-enabled data to the first computer system for use with a front end business service.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the data capturing device includes a barcode scanner, a credit card scanner, or a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag scanner; and

the first front end data or the second front end data includes an order quantity, a product type, or a product item.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the web browser includes a standard web browser that is an unmodified off-the-shelf program.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the converting the second HTTP-enabled data to the second remote terminal session data includes:

examining received data; and

rendering one or more or a combination of a commands, a text, a text position command, a text color, and a text entry field.

11. A computing device configured for converting data between two data transfer protocol types, comprising:

a processor;

a memory in electronic communication with the processor; and

instructions stored in the memory, the instructions being executable to:

receive first HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP)-enabled data uploaded from a web browser of a first computer system, the first HTTP-enable data being representative of first front end data collected by a data capturing device of the first computer system;

open a dedicated remote terminal session with a remote terminal session server of a second computer system following receipt of the first HTTP-enabled data;

convert the first HTTP-enabled data to first remote terminal session data, the first remote terminal session data being formatted according to a Telnet protocol that is usable by a software application of the second computer system that is not Internet-dependent and not capable of using the first HTTP-enable data; and

send the first remote terminal session data to the second computer system via the dedicated remote terminal session;

further receive second HTTP-enabled data uploaded from the web browser, the second HTTP-enable data being representative of second front end data collected by the data capturing device;

reopen the dedicated remote terminal session following receipt of the second HTTP-enabled data;

convert the second HTTP-enabled data to second remote terminal session data, the second remote terminal session data being formatted according to the Telnet protocol; and

send the second remote terminal session data to the second computer system via the reopened remote terminal session.

12. The computing device of claim 11 , wherein the first computer system comprises a mobile device.

13. The computing device of claim 11 , wherein:

the instructions are part of an emulator configured to run on the computing device; and

the computing device is in electronic communication with the first computer system and the second computer system.

14. The computing device of claim 13 , wherein the emulator comprises:

a first component that appears as a web server to the web browser running on the first computer system; and

a second component that appears as a remote terminal session client to the remote terminal session server running on the second computer system.

15. The computing device of claim 14 , wherein:

the remote terminal session client comprises a Telnet client; and

the remote terminal session server comprises a Telnet server.

16. The computing device of claim 11 , wherein the second computer system comprises a mainframe computer system.

17. The computing device of claim 11 , further comprising instructions that are executable to:

receive third remote terminal session data from the second computer system via the dedicated remote terminal session;

convert the third remote terminal session data to third HTTP-enabled data; and

send the third HTTP-enabled data to the first computer system for use with a front end business service.

18. The computing device of claim 11 , wherein:

the data capturing device includes a barcode scanner, a credit card scanner, or a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag scanner; and

the first front end data or the second front end data includes an order quantity, a product type, or a product item.

19. The computing device of claim 11 , wherein the web browser includes a standard web browser that is an unmodified off-the-shelf program.