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Sharing media among remote access clients in a universal plug and play environment

  • US 10,333,891 B2
  • Filed: 09/19/2016
  • Issued: 06/25/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/13/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for remote communications between remote access clients connected thereto, the method comprising:

  • establishing, by a hardware processor, a first communications channel with a first remote device;

    in response to establishing the first communications channel with the first remote device, exchanging discovery information with the first remote device by receiving a first portion of discovery information from the first remote device and transmitting at least a portion of aggregated discovery information to the first remote device, and adding the first portion of discovery information received from the first remote device to the aggregated discovery information;

    establishing a second communications channel with a second remote device; and

    in response to establishing the second communications channel with the second remote device, determining, by the hardware processor, whether to exchange discovery information of the first remote device with the second remote device based on allowance information specified by the first remote device that indicates whether the second remote device is allowed access to the first remote device;

    in response to determining that the discovery information of the first remote device is to be exchanged with the second remote device, exchanging discovery information with the second remote device by receiving a second portion of discovery information from the second remote device and transmitting the first portion of discovery information and at least the portion of aggregated discovery information to the second remote device;

    adding the second portion of discovery information to the aggregated discovery information; and

    transmitting the second portion of discovery information to the first remote device.

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