Cross Device Application Discovery And Control

A method comprising:

• receiving information associated with a capability to execute a task;
• determining a trust of the source device;
• determining whether a target device is capable of executing the task;
• determining whether the target device has an application capable of executing the task;
• and
• sending a discovery response message to the source device, the discovery response message being based on a result associated with the determining whether the target device is capable of executing the task and the determining whether the target device has an application capable of executing the task, and the discovery response message comprising at least a device capability and an application capability.

A computer-readable medium having thereon computer-executable instructions, the computer-executable instructions responsive to execution configuring a device to perform operations comprising:

• identifying one or more remote devices;
• determining a trust of each of the one or more remote devices;
• sending an application discovery query to at least one of the one or more remote devices based at least in part on the trust of each of the one or more remote devices;
• receiving an application discovery response message from at least one of the one or more remote devices, the application discovery response message comprising information indicating:
• a device capability;
• and
• an application capability.