# US 11,910,412 B2 · Media sink capabilities description > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,910,412 B2 - Document ID: US11910412B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/181,315 - Filed: 2023-03-09 - Published: 2023-07-06 - Granted: 2024-02-20 - Earliest claimed: 2020-10-23 - Assignees: Tencent America LLC - Applicants: Tencent America LLC - Inventors: Iraj Sodagar - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11910412B2 ## CPC - H04L 65/1059: End-user terminal functionalities specially adapted for real-time communication - H04W 72/51: based on terminal or device properties - G06F 9/445: Program loading or initiating (bootstrapping G06F9/4401; security arrangements for program loading or initiating G06F21/57) - H04L 65/1069: Session establishment or de-establishment - H04L 65/611: for multicast or broadcast (systems for broadcast or conference H04L12/18; arrangements for broadcast or distribution combined with broadcast H04H20/00; arrangements for broadcast applications with a direct linkage to broadcast information or to broadcast space-time H04H60/00; selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS], H04W4/06) - H04L 67/10: in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network (software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46) - H04L 69/24: Negotiation of communication capabilities - H04W 8/22: Processing or transfer of terminal data, e.g. status or physical capabilities - H04W 72/046: {the resource being in the space domain, e.g. beams} - G06F 8/60: Software deployment - H04L 67/02: based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP] - H04L 67/34: {involving the movement of software or configuration parameters (network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416)} - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract A method, computer program, computer system, and device is provided for determining media sink capabilities. The method may include obtaining, by a media source, a sink resource associated with a media sink, wherein the sink resource indicates a direct address at which a capability described in the sink resource can be directly accessed; and accessing the capability directly by the media source using the direct address. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for accessing media sink capabilities, executable by a processor, the method comprising: obtaining, by a media source, a sink resource description associated with a media sink, wherein the sink resource description includes a capabilities object which includes a uniform resource identifier (URI) at which a capability described in the sink resource description can be directly accessed; and accessing the capability directly by the media source using the URI, wherein the sink resource description indicates a capability description location from which a capability description can be retrieved, and wherein the URI is included in the capability description. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the URI includes a uniform resource locator (URL) that indicates the capability description location. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the URI comprises a first URI, wherein the capability description location is indicated by a second URI included in the sink resource description, and wherein the first URI is included in the capability description. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The method of claim 3, wherein the capability is described in the sink resource description using an element of an array. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The method of claim 4, wherein the URI is included in the element of the array. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, wherein the first URI is included in the element of the array. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, wherein the URI includes a uniform resource name indicating the capability. ### Claim 8 A device for accessing media sink capabilities, the device comprising: at least one memory configured to store program code; and at least one processor configured to read the program code and operate as instructed by the program code, the program code including: obtaining code configured to cause the at least one processor to obtain, by a media source, a sink resource description associated with a media sink, wherein the sink resource description includes a capabilities object which includes a uniform resource identifier (URI) at which a capability described in the sink resource description can be directly accessed; and accessing code configured to cause the at least one processor to access the capability directly by the media source using the URI, wherein the sink resource description indicates a capability description location from which a capability description can be retrieved, and wherein the URI is included in the capability description. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The device of claim 8, wherein the URI includes a uniform resource locator (URL) that indicates the capability description location. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The device of claim 8, wherein the URI comprises a first URI, wherein the capability description location is indicated by a second URI included in the sink resource description, and wherein the first URI is included in the capability description. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The device of claim 10, wherein the capability is described in the sink resource description using an element of an array. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The device of claim 11, wherein the URI is included in the element of the array. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The device of claim 12, wherein the first URI is included in the element of the array. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The device of claim 13, wherein the URI further comprises a uniform resource name indicating the capability. ### Claim 15 A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon a computer program for accessing media sink capabilities, the computer program configured to cause one or more computer processors to: obtain, by a media source, a sink resource description associated with a media sink, wherein the sink resource description includes a capabilities object which includes a uniform resource identifier (URI) at which a capability described in the sink resource description can be directly accessed; and access the capability directly by the media source using the URI, wherein the sink resource description indicates a capability description location from which a capability description can be retrieved, and wherein the URI is included in the capability description. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the URI includes a uniform resource locator (URL) that indicates the capability description location. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the URI comprises a first URI, wherein the capability description location is indicated by a second URI included in the sink resource description, and wherein the first URI is included in the capability description. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 17, wherein the capability is described in the sink resource description using an element of an array. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 18, wherein the URI is included in the element of the array. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 19, wherein the first URI is included in the element of the array.