Control point server system and method thereof enabling efficient access to home network devices
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorDoheon Kim
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Abstract
A control point server includes a CP stack module for sending a search message to the devices connected to a home network and parsing a response message received from a home network device; a description module for requesting a description of the device connected to the home network based on the parsed information transmitted from the CP stack module; and a component generation module for organizing a component, which describes the services of the device connected to the home network, based on the description requested by the description module. Accordingly, discovery and description processes for devices on a home network are managed by the control point server, and thus, efficient access to the devices on the home network is gained.
Claims13
A control point server comprising one or more modules,
- wherein the control point server is connected to a home network, and
- wherein said one or more modules perform a discovery process and a description process for one or more devices connected to the home network to organize service components of the respective devices.
A control point comprising a control unit,
- wherein the control unit multicasts a search message for searching for a device connected to a home network and receives a service component of the device from a control point server that organizes the service component of the device on the home network.
A control point server system enabling efficient access to one or more devices connected to a home network, comprising:
- a control point for multicasting a search message for searching for a particular device connected to the home network and controlling the particular device;
- and
- a control point server for organizing service components of the devices by performing a discovery process and a description process for each device connected to the home network, and transmitting a service component of the particular device according to a control request for the particular device by the control point.
A method for a control point server system enabling efficient access to one or more devices connected to a home network, comprising the steps of:
- (a1) requesting a search for a particular device connected to the home network;
- (a2) multicasting a search message for the particular device on the home network, according to the search request for the particular device;
- (a3) receiving a response message to the search message, and parsing and transmitting the received response message;
- (a4) requesting a description of the particular device based on information from the parsed and transmitted response message;
- (a5) organizing a component that describes one or more services of the particular device based on the requested description of the particular device;
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- (a6) storing information on the organized component in a predetermined lookup table.
A method for a control point server enabling efficient access to one or more devices connected to a home network, comprising the steps of:
- (b1) requesting a search for a particular device to be controlled by a control point;
- (b2) searching for information on a component of the particular device in a lookup table, according to the request by the control point;
- and
- (b3) transmitting the component of the particular device to the control point.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.