Device discovery in a ubiquitous computing environment
US8850021B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 17, 2010 |
| Grant date | Sep 30, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 21, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L41/0856
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Technologies are generally described for methods, instructions, and client applications for device discovery in a ubiquitous computing environment. In some examples, the methods, instructions, and client applications may facilitate the organization of features of devices in a ubiquitous computing environment into a series of hierarchical hash numbers, the ordering of the hierarchical hash numbers corresponding to the respective devices, and the searching for a particular one of the devices by attempting to match hashed search criteria to the ordered hierarchical hash numbers at one of the devices in the ubiquitous computing environment.
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