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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2004
William Michael Zintel, Kenmore, WA (US);
Amar S. Gandhi, Redmond, WA (US);
YE Gu, Seattle, WA (US);
Shyamalan Pather, Redmond, WA (US);
Jeffrey C. Schlimmer, Redmond, WA (US);
Christopher M. Rude, Redmond, WA (US);
Daniel R. Weisman, Kirkland, WA (US);
Donald R. Ryan, Redmond, WA (US);
Paul J. Leach, Seattle, WA (US);
Ting Cai, Redmond, WA (US);
Holly N. Knight, Woodinville, WA (US);
Peter S. Ford, Carnation, WA (US);
William Michael Zintel, Kenmore, WA (US);
Amar S. Gandhi, Redmond, WA (US);
Ye Gu, Seattle, WA (US);
Shyamalan Pather, Redmond, WA (US);
Jeffrey C. Schlimmer, Redmond, WA (US);
Christopher M. Rude, Redmond, WA (US);
Daniel R. Weisman, Kirkland, WA (US);
Donald R. Ryan, Redmond, WA (US);
Paul J. Leach, Seattle, WA (US);
Ting Cai, Redmond, WA (US);
Holly N. Knight, Woodinville, WA (US);
Peter S. Ford, Carnation, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A universal plug and play (UPnP) device makes itself known through a set of processes—discovery, description, control, eventing, and presentation. Following discovery of a UPnP device, an entity can learn more about the device and its capabilities by retrieving the device's description. The description includes vendor-specific manufacturer information like the model name and number, serial number, manufacturer name, URLs to vendor-specific Web sites, etc. The description also includes a list of any embedded devices or services, as well as URLs for control, eventing, and presentation. The description is written by a vendor, and is usually based on a device template produced by a UPnP forum working committee. The template is derived from a template language that is used to define elements to describe the device and any services supported by the device. The template language is written using an XML-based syntax that organizes and structures the elements.