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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2001
David V. Gunter, Redmond, WA (US);
Dennis A. Morgan, Issaquah, WA (US);
Kenneth L. Crocker, Sammamish, WA (US);
Eduard Guzovsky, Weston, MA (US);
Richard H. Lamb, Seattle, WA (US);
Bruce Johnson, Bellevue, WA (US);
David V. Gunter, Redmond, WA (US);
Dennis A. Morgan, Issaquah, WA (US);
Kenneth L. Crocker, Sammamish, WA (US);
Eduard Guzovsky, Weston, MA (US);
Richard H. Lamb, Seattle, WA (US);
Bruce Johnson, Bellevue, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A system and method is provided for detecting, monitoring and maintaining an Internet Connection Sharing Device (ICSD). An ICSD may be connected to one or more devices, and/or applications associated with a Local Area Network (LAN), which devices, and/or applications, may attempt to detect, monitor and maintain the ICSD. Thus, a broadcast protocol for advertising status and services and a unicast request/response protocol are provided to facilitate such detection, monitoring and maintenance.