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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2003
Vilas S. Ketkar, San Jose, CA (US);
Shawn D. Moe, Leavenworth, KS (US);
Lakshman R. Sakaray, Overland Park, KS (US);
Vilas S. Ketkar, San Jose, CA (US);
Shawn D. Moe, Leavenworth, KS (US);
Lakshman R. Sakaray, Overland Park, KS (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention is related to a method for communicating features supported by a device to at least one other device. The method includes providing a bit stream by the device, where at least one bit in the bit stream represents a feature supported by the device. In a second aspect, a method for establishing a communication session between at least two devices includes initiating communication between a first device and a second device, exchanging a bit stream associated with the first device and a bit stream associated with the second device, and identifying mutually supported features.