Determining a remote device name

Details Determining a remote device name Determining a remote device name

2008-05-06

2008-05-06

Lim, Krisna (Department: 2153)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput

Computer conferencing

Cooperative computer processing

C709S245000, C709S249000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07370078

ABSTRACT:
A method, system, apparatus, and signal-bearing media for determining the name of a remotely attached device. A server discovers the devices attached to it and extracts the device names in a first protocol format. The server encodes the device names into a second protocol format. When a client requests a list of supported devices, the server sends the device names found in the second protocol format. The client decodes the names into the second protocol format back into the first protocol format and presents the device names to a host attached to the client. In this way, the host is freed from manually predetermining the device names, and the host need have no knowledge of the server or the second protocol.

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