Methods and apparatuses for device communications
AssigneeCisco Technology, Inc.
InventorsDaniel Lovy, David M. Arfin, Elliot Lovy, Edward M. Sesek, Nathaniel Mark Saal, Steven J. Schwarzenbach, Seth Godin
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Abstract
Apparatuses and methods to establish communications between devices. In one embodiment, a method of sharing data includes, without requiring a proxy device and without requiring a server to enable communications, receiving a request transmitted by a requesting device, authenticating the requesting device, and establishing a connection between the requesting device and a requested device. The requesting device and the requested device are dissimilar communication devices having dissimilar communications standards.
Claims26
A method comprising:
- authenticating a requesting device;
- and
- without requiring a proxy device and without requiring a server to enable communications:
- receiving a request transmitted by the requesting device;
- authenticating the requesting device;
- and
- establishing a connection between the requesting device and a requested device, the requesting device and the requested device being dissimilar end-user communication computing devices having dissimilar communications standards and that are not designed to interoperate with others of the dissimilar end-user communication computing devices, at least one of the requesting device or the requested device having a protocol layer to allow the devices to communicate directly with one another through a common interface.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a physical device interface to receive a request from a requesting device and authenticate the requesting device;
- and
- without requiring a proxy device and without requiring a server to enable communications:
- the physical device interface further to receive a request from a requesting device and establish a connection on a network after the authentication of the requesting device, the connection comprising a communications media requested by the requesting device to a requested device, the requesting device and the requested device being dissimilar end-user communication computing devices having dissimilar communications standards and that are not designed to interoperate with others of the dissimilar end-user communication computing devices, at least one of the requesting device or the requested device having a protocol layer to allow the devices to communicate directly with one another through a common interface.
One or more tangible computer readable storage devices not comprising any transitory signals and encoded with software comprising computer executable instructions and when the software is executed operable to perform operations comprising:
- authenticating a requesting device;
- without requiring a proxy device and without requiring a server to enable communications:
- receiving a request transmitted by the requesting device;
- authenticating the requesting device;
- and
- establishing a connection between the requesting device and a requested device, the requesting device and the requested device being dissimilar end-user communication computing devices having dissimilar communications standards and that are not designed to interoperate with others of the dissimilar end-user communication computing devices, at least one of the requesting device or the requested device having a protocol layer to allow the devices to communicate directly with one another through a common interface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.