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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2016
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Samuel David Adams, Bellevue, WA (US);
Benjamin Scott McGregor, Redmond, WA (US);
Niket Ashok Sanghvi, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Methods and devices for device service discovery may include receiving a query for a device service including one or more protocol-specific services connected to or discoverable by a computer device. The methods and devices may include mapping the query to one or more protocol-specific adapters selected based on the protocol-specific services. In addition, the methods and devices may include identifying at least one device endpoint representing at least one device that supports the device service and generating a list of device endpoints and corresponding service properties for each device that supports the device service.