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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2015
Filed:
May. 29, 2012
Guohua Shen, Shenzhen, CN;
Guohua Shen, Shenzhen, CN;
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Shenzhen, CN;
Abstract
A method for mounting a network attached storage (NAS) device, and a digital media player are provided, which includes broadcasting a discovery message for searching a network attached storage NAS device; parsing a configuration response message, which is sent by the NAS device according to the discovery message, and obtaining configuration information of the NAS device; and mounting the NAS device according to the configuration information. According to the present invention, the automatic mounting of the NAS device is realized by discovering and obtaining the configuration information of the NAS device in the network, and personally-recorded-video-contents or downloaded media contents, where the personally-recorded-video-contents or the downloaded media contents are stored in the NAS device, can be played according to the selection of a user in the case that local data storage is not supported, so as to enable a digital home user to obtain a better user experience.