Mapping universal plug and play discovered items to an SMB location
US9407688B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 15, 2014 |
| Grant date | Aug 2, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 15, 2034 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L67/51
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An arrangement is provided in which a Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) device exposes a service for mapping a UPnP discovered content item to a server message block (SMB) location. The service is arranged to expose an SMB share path to a user at a remote client using a UPnP protocol, The user is then enabled with access to the share via SMB to gain file access, write changes or exercise file level control of the discovered content item. Authentication is optionally utilized to verify that the user is authorized to receive the SMB share location from the service or to verify that the user is authorized to access the SMB share.
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