Poking around the “remote_execution.py” file I was able to create this rough test. The test basically returns an array of ue4 asset paths from ue4 back to the application running python.
To run the test you need to first, enable the python scripting plugin and turn on “Enable Remote Execution” under “Project settings” => Plugins => Python =>Python Remote Execution
Then in UE4, select a few assets in the asset browser and then run the below code in the python script editor in blender, maya, or whatever python terminal you got.
There are a lot of possibilities here!!
…Also I am looking forward to the release of “Blender - Send to UE4”