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System and method for launching and connecting to a local server from a webpage

Abstract:

A system comprising a processor and a computer readable memory coupled to the processor, the computer readable memory configured with a page processable by page processing code. The page can be configured to generate a set of random connection data usable by a local server program instance to verify that a connection request is from the page, launch the local server program instance, provide the set of random connection data to the local server program instance, create a client socket instance, send a connection request to the local server program instance to establish a connection between the client socket instance and a server socket instance of the server program instance and based on an acceptance of the connection request by the server program instance, complete the connection. The connection may be usable for bi-directional communication between the page and local server program instance.