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US 2008/0177869 A1Published application
System and method for configuring consumer electronics device for home network using the internet
OwnerChristopher Jensen Readinventor
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Abstract
A consumer electronics (CE) device is connected in a home network to a personal computer (PC) by first connecting them both to an Internet server, which downloads necessary communication information to the devices to allow them to communicate with each other.
Claims20
A method for facilitating communication in a home network between a personal computer (PC) and a consumer electronics (CE) device that is not a PC, comprising:
- sending from the CE device to an Internet server at least a network address associated with the CE device;
- sending from the PC to the server at least an address associated with the PC;
- using the server to provide to the CE device at least the address of the PC;
- and
- using the server to provide to the PC at least the address of the CE device, whereby the PC and CE device subsequently communicate with each other over the home network.
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A server communicating with the Internet and executing logic comprising:
- receiving from a non-PC CE device information pertaining to an identity of the CE device and network parameters associated with the CE device;
- downloading to a PC at least one probing utility;
- receiving from the probing utility at least network parameters associated with the PC;
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- based at least in part on the network parameters associated with the PC and the network parameters associated with the CE device, providing information to the PC and the CE device to facilitate communication between the PC and CE device.
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A method for networking a PC with a non-PC CE device in a home, comprising:
- receiving over the Internet from the CE device at least its address;
- receiving from the PC at least its network address;
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- providing networking information to both the CE device and the PC to enable them to communicate with each other in a home network.
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