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Service discovery across different networks

  • US 9,350,559 B2
  • Filed: 06/16/2014
  • Issued: 05/24/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/16/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • identifying, at a host device, a streaming service;

    receiving, at the host device, a request from a viewer device to view information provided by a target device, the host device and the target device being on different first networks, the first networks being different local multicast networks;

    providing, in response to the request, service information to the target device to cause the target device to internally publish multicast domain name system (mDNS) information regarding the streaming service such that the streaming service is (i) discoverable by the target device via a mDNS query and (ii) accessible through a second network that interconnects the first networks;

    receiving, at the host device, a media stream from the target device through the second network; and

    forwarding the media stream to the viewer device.

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