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US 2010/0250716 A1Published application
Network comprising a plurality of devices and root device and method for assigning a network address
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorMatthias JERYE
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a network comprising one or more devices, each device having an address, said address comprising a device address being unique for each device within said network and a network address being common to all devices within said network. The present invention further relates to a root device and a method for assigning the network address to the devices.
Claims12
Network comprising one or more devices,
- each device having an address,
- said address comprising a device address being unique for each device within said network and a network address being common to all devices within said network.
Root device for assigning a network address,
- said root device and a at least one further device being part of a network,
- each device within said network having a device address being unique for each device within said network, and
- said root device being adapted to assign an additional network address to each device,
- wherein said network address is common to all devices within said network.
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Method of assigning a network address within a network,
- said network comprising one or more devices, each device having a device address being unique for each device within said network,
- comprising the step of
- additionally assigning a network address to each device, wherein said network address is common to all devices within said network.
Method of communicating between devices of two connected networks,
- wherein each device has a device address being unique for each device within one network and a network address being common to all devices within one network,
- comprising the step of unambiguously identifying each device for communication with its device address and its network address.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.