METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ABSTRACTING EXTERNAL DEVICES VIA A HIGH LEVEL COMMUNICATIONS PROTOCOL

A system and method for abstracting an external device from a host includes the external device in communication with the host device. The host device includes an abstraction driver communicating with the plurality of different external devices. The host device communicates a control command to the abstraction driver. The abstraction driver communicates abstraction control commands from the abstraction driver to the external device in response to the control command. The external device determines executable code corresponding to the abstraction control commands, performs executable code at the external device and communicates data from the external device to the receiving device.