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Method and system for defining and discovering proxy functionality on a distributed audio video network

  • US 6,237,049 B1
  • Filed: 09/10/1998
  • Issued: 05/22/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/06/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a network of consumer electronic media devices, a method of communicating between a plurality of consumer electronic media devices, said method comprising the steps of:

  • a) establishing a first consumer electronic media device as a proxy device for a second consumer electronic media device within said network of consumer electronic media devices, wherein said plurality of consumer electronic media devices are coupled together as a network by a common bus, wherein step a) comprises the step of storing a data structure in memory of said first consumer electronic media device, wherein said data structure defines proxy services that said first consumer electronic media device performs for said second consumer electronic media device;

    b) transmitting a signal to said first consumer electronic media device indicating a particular proxy service to be performed;

    c) said first consumer electronic media device receiving said signal; and

    d) in response to receiving said signal, said first consumer electronic media device performing said particular proxy service for said second consumer electronic media device.

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