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US 8,526,445 B2Granted
Apparatus and method for providing domain information
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsHyoung-shick Kim, Sang-hyeon Kim
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Abstract
An apparatus for providing domain information is disclosed. The apparatus includes a storage module that stores domain information regarding a domain, and a control module that transmits a response message including the stored domain information to the device through the communication-interface module in response to a domain-information-request message received from the device.
Claims18
An apparatus for providing domain information, the apparatus comprising:
- a storage module that stores domain information regarding a domain that is managed by the distinct domain-management server, wherein the domain-management server is distinct from the apparatus;
- and
- a control module that transmits a response message comprising the domain information stored in the storage module to a device through a communication-interface module in response to a domain-information-request message received from the device,
- wherein at least one of the storage module and the control module is implemented as a hardware component,
- wherein the domain information of the response message comprises information on the domain-management server of the domain, and
- wherein the domain-management server provides domain-related services.
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A method of providing domain information, the method comprising:
- receiving, by a domain-information-providing device, a request message that requests domain information from a device intending to join a domain managed by a domain-management server, wherein the domain-management server is distinct from the domain-information-providing device;
- generating, by the domain-information-providing device, a response message comprising the domain information in response to the request message;
- and
- transmitting, by the domain-information-providing device, the response message to the device,
- wherein the domain information of the response message comprises information on the domain-management server that manages the domain, and
- wherein the domain-management server provides domain-related services.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.