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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 05, 2012
Martin Kacin, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Michael R. Gray, Dublin, OH (US);
Matthew N. Lewinski, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Graham D. Perks, Round Rocks, TX (US);
Martin Kacin, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Michael R. Gray, Dublin, OH (US);
Matthew N. Lewinski, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Graham D. Perks, Round Rocks, TX (US);
DELL PRODUCTS L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, transmitting, from a first computing device, a private-home-network-discovery message that comprises a first identifier corresponding to a private-home-networking system, receiving, at the first computing device, one or more content-response messages from a second computing device that collectively comprise a second identifier corresponding to the second computing device, a third identifier corresponding to the private-home-networking system, and information corresponding to content stored on the second computing device, and storing, at the first computing device, the second and third identifiers and the information received in the one or more content response messages for access by one or more applications hosted on the first computing device, one of the applications being associated with administering the private-home-networking system.