Computerized system and method for automatically providing networked devices non-native functionality

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium tangibly encoded with computer-executable instructions, that when executed by a processor associated with a computing device, performs a method comprising:

• broadcasting, over a network, a request for a second device connected to said network to identify itself to said computing device;
• receiving, in response to said broadcasted request, a response message from said second device, said response message comprising information identifying said second device and capabilities of said second device, said response message information comprising data associated with a type of said second device and protocol executed by said second device;
• parsing said response message from said second device;
• and
• analyzing said information within said parsed response message, and based on said analysis, identifying said data;
• generating a search request based on the information comprised within said response message, the search request comprising information at least corresponding to the identified data;
• communicating said search request to a database to cause a search to be performed based on said search request information;
• receiving a search result in response to said search request;
• analyzing said search result and extracting information associated with additional capabilities specific to the second device, said additional capabilities being associated with processing capabilities of the second device not included in the capabilities identified in the response message, the processing capabilities corresponding to the type of the second device and the protocol executed by the second device;
• and
• displaying, on a display of the computing device, a user interface displaying the search result, said displayed search result comprising the functionality enabling the computing device to cause the second device to execute the additional capabilities.

A system comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for tangibly storing thereon program logic for execution by the processor, the program logic comprising:
• logic executed by the processor for broadcasting, over a network, a request for a second device connected to said network to identify itself to said computing device;
• logic executed by the processor for receiving, in response to said broadcasted request, a response message from said second device, said response message comprising information identifying said second device and capabilities of said second device, said response message information comprising data associated with a type of said second device and protocol executed by said second device;
• logic executed by the processor for parsing said response message from said second device;
• and
• logic executed by the processor for analyzing said information within said parsed response message, and based on said analysis, identifying said data;
• logic executed by the processor for generating a search request based on the information comprised within said response message, the search request comprising information at least corresponding to the identified data;
• logic executed by the processor for communicating said search request to a database to cause a search to be performed based on said search request information;
• logic executed by the processor for receiving a search result in response to said search request;
• logic executed by the processor for analyzing said search result and extracting information associated with additional capabilities specific to the second device, said additional capabilities being associated with processing capabilities of the second device not included in the capabilities identified in the response message, the processing capabilities corresponding to the type of the second device and the protocol executed by the second device;
• and
• logic executed by the processor for displaying, on a display of the computing device, a user interface displaying the search result, said displayed search result comprising the functionality enabling the computing device to cause the second device to execute the additional capabilities.