Sony Corporation

William Collins

Aran London Sadja

Ludovic Etienne Douillet

Nobukazu Sugiyama

Kai Liu

Lobrenzo Wingo

Andy Nguyen

Jeffrey Tang

Srivastava Nanduri

A method and device is provided for platform independent device communication by detecting a request at a processor-based device to perform a function, determining an external device corresponding to the request, retrieving a tag for the external device for performing a function corresponding to the request and generating a message implemented in XMPP, having embedded therein the tag, wherein the tag is essential at the external device for performing the function corresponding to the request. Receiving the message at a device, determining whether the message comprises a device message, retrieving a tag included in the message, wherein the tag corresponds to an executable command to perform a function and executing the tag to perform the function.

Method and apparatus for enabling device communication and control using XMPP

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San Diego, CA, United States of America

William Collins