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DEVICE DISCOVERY SERVICE

  • US 20140075488A1
  • Filed: 09/13/2012
  • Published: 03/13/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/13/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A network device in a remote provider network, comprising:

  • a network interface to communicate with one or more remote systems;

    one or more memories to store instructions; and

    one or more processors configured to execute instructions in the one or more memories to;

    receive, at the remote provider network and from a set-top box within a local network, a discovery request for a server application within the local network;

    identify, based on the discovery request, a wide area network (WAN) Internet Protocol (IP) address for a router in the local network;

    retrieve, from a database of multiple discovery records of media server applications, a particular discovery record with an IP address that matches the WAN IP address for the local network; and

    send, to the set-top box via the remote provider network, the particular discovery record.

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