Method for uniform network access
First Claim
1. A method performed by a plurality of network access devices including a processor and in communication via a communications network, the method comprising:
- transmitting, via the communications network, to a first network access device a registry of resources available from at least a second network access device remote from the first network access device;
associating a personal network address with at least a first available resource; and
establishing, using the associated personal network address, a connection over the communications network between the second network access device from which the first available resource is available and the first network access device.
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Abstract
According to some embodiments, a registry is displayed. The registry may, for example, indicate resources available from a plurality of remote network access devices via a communications network. Moreover, a personal network address may be associated with each available resource, the personal network address including an destination address portion and an application program identifier portion. A direct communications link may then be established between a first network access device hosting an available resource and a second network address device using the personal network address associated with the resource.
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1. A method performed by a plurality of network access devices including a processor and in communication via a communications network, the method comprising:
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transmitting, via the communications network, to a first network access device a registry of resources available from at least a second network access device remote from the first network access device; associating a personal network address with at least a first available resource; and establishing, using the associated personal network address, a connection over the communications network between the second network access device from which the first available resource is available and the first network access device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of accessing resources available from at least one network access device via a communications network, the method comprising:
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retrieving at a first network access device registry information from a second network access device hosting a registry, the second network access device being remote to the first network access device and the registry information is retrieved via the communications network, at least a portion of the registry information being available to an agent at the first network access device; receiving an input from the agent at the first network access device, the input indicating a selection of a first available resource from the registry information; obtaining from the registry information an associated personal network address; and establishing a connection over the communications network between the first network access device and a network access device hosting the first available resource using the personal network address associated with the first available resource. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method performed by one or more network access devices including a processor, the method comprising:
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forming at a first network access device a first registry of resources available via a communications network to a plurality of network access devices; associating at the first network access device personal network addresses with one or more resources comprising the first registry; receiving at the first network access device a request from a second network access device; transmitting over the communications network from the first network access device to the second network access device a personal network address associated with one or more of the resources comprising the registry of resources available; and establishing a connection over the communications network between the first network access device and the second network access device using the personal network address associated with a first available resource. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26)
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