Access, Connectivity and Interoperability for Devices and Services
First Claim
1. A system comprisingin one or more networks, a mechanism configured to automatically generate unique, persistent identifiers for resources embedded in, associated with or running on devices or other computational facilities that are to be accessible on the network and,to automatically maintain identifier records for these resources in an identifier resolution system, each of the records associating one of the identifiers with a network address or other information useful in enabling network connectivity or other accessibility of the resources on the network.
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Abstract
Among other things, in a network, a mechanism enables a resource that has a pre-assigned unique identifier and is not otherwise capable itself of being accessible on the network, to maintain a resolution record for the resource in an identifier resolution mechanism of the network where the resolution record associating the identifier with an address or other information useful in enabling the accessibility of the resource on the network through the mechanism.
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15 Claims
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1. A system comprising
in one or more networks, a mechanism configured to automatically generate unique, persistent identifiers for resources embedded in, associated with or running on devices or other computational facilities that are to be accessible on the network and, to automatically maintain identifier records for these resources in an identifier resolution system, each of the records associating one of the identifiers with a network address or other information useful in enabling network connectivity or other accessibility of the resources on the network.
- 7. A method for discovering the presence of devices or other computational facilities along with their network addresses whereby network-independent unique identifiers are generated for such computational facility by a mechanism based on local information provided by the facility and where the network address is updated in a resolution system accessible by other such mechanisms.
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14. A system comprising
in a network, a mechanism configured to enable a resource that has a pre-assigned unique identifier and is not otherwise capable itself of being accessible on the network, to maintain a resolution record for the resource in an identifier resolution mechanism of the network where the resolution record associating the identifier with an address or other information useful in enabling the accessibility of the resource on the network through the mechanism.
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15. A method comprising
automatically discovering the presence and network addresses of resources on a network, automatically generating network-independent unique identifiers for the resources based on local information provided by the resources, and updating the network addresses in an identifier resolution system that is accessible across the network.
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