Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sharing media among remote access clients in a universal plug and play environment
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Application No.: US16450344Application Date: 2019-06-24
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Publication No.: US10999243B2Publication Date: 2021-05-04
- Inventor: Qi-Bin Wu
- Applicant: Google Technology Holdings LLC
- Applicant Address: US CA Mountain View
- Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLC
- Current Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Mountain View
- Agency: Byrne Poh LLP
- Main IPC: G06F15/16
- IPC: G06F15/16 ; H04L29/12 ; H04L12/28 ; H04L12/54 ; H04L29/06

Abstract:
In general, in one aspect, the disclosure describes a Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) Remote Access Server (RAS) to provide a communication channel between UPnP Remote Access Clients (RACs) connected thereto. The UPnP RAS maintains local discovery information for UPnP devices connected to a local network and remote discovery information for remote UPnP devices communicating therewith. The UPnP RAS provides the remote UPnP devices communicating therewith with the local discovery information and the remote discovery information. The remote discovery information is utilized by a first remote UPnP device to discover a second UPnP device and vice versa. After discovery, a first remote UPnP device can communicate with a second UPnP device and vice versa.
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