Method and apparatus for a life management server
First Claim
1. A method of providing life management services within a home network, comprising:
- detecting the presence of home devices within the home network;
comparing information content within the home devices to corresponding information content contained within a home server;
updating the corresponding information content within the home server in response to a mismatch between the home device content and the corresponding content contained within the home server; and
disseminating a portion of the corresponding information content that is to be shared with other home devices of the home network.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus allows proximity connections to be established within a home network between a home platform and home devices. Each home device contains information that is automatically detected by the home platform. Once the home platform has determined that a difference exists between the information contained within each home device and the corresponding image on the home platform, the home platform initiates a synchronization of the information. The home platform disseminates information received from one home device to the other home devices within the home network if the information is to be shared. The home platform may also provide Internet Gateway Device (IGD) functionality in conformance with Universal Plug and Play (UPNP) specifications.
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1. A method of providing life management services within a home network, comprising:
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detecting the presence of home devices within the home network;
comparing information content within the home devices to corresponding information content contained within a home server;
updating the corresponding information content within the home server in response to a mismatch between the home device content and the corresponding content contained within the home server; and
disseminating a portion of the corresponding information content that is to be shared with other home devices of the home network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A life management network, comprising:
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a plurality of home devices proximately coupled to the life management network and adapted to maintain time dependent information; and
a life management server adapted to detect the plurality of home devices within a circumference, the life management server comprising;
a first storage area adapted to reflect the time dependent information of each of the plurality of home devices; and
a second storage area adapted to reflect time dependent information to be shared between the plurality of home devices, wherein the life management server detects differences between the first storage area and the time dependent information of each of the plurality of home devices. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A life management server proximately coupled to a network, the life management server comprising:
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means for establishing the proximate connection to the network;
means for detecting the presence of devices within the network;
means for comparing internal data to data stored within each device; and
means for synchronizing the internal data to the data stored within each device. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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20. A computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon which are executable by a home platform by performing steps comprising:
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establishing a proximate connection to a network;
detecting the presence of devices within the network;
comparing internal data to data stored within each device; and
synchronizing the internal data to the data stored within each device. - View Dependent Claims (21)
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22. A home network, comprising:
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a plurality of home devices coupled to the home network and adapted to exchange content with the home network;
a content server coupled to the home network and adapted to exchange content with the plurality of home devices, the content server comprising;
a Local Area Network (LAN) interface coupled to the plurality of home devices; and
a service discovery module adapted to receive subscription requests from the plurality of home devices, wherein notifications to the plurality of home devices are sent by the content server in response to the subscription requests when content within the content server has changed. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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