Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Network discovery using unicast communications
- Patent Title (中): 使用单播通信的网络发现
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Application No.: US13755082Application Date: 2013-01-31
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Publication No.: US09442679B2Publication Date: 2016-09-13
- Inventor: Douglas J. Tallinger , Yves G. Dufresne , Marcelo Hinojosa , Robert E. Crumrine , Roger T. Kramer
- Applicant: Xerox Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CT Norwalk
- Assignee: Xerox Corporation
- Current Assignee: Xerox Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CT Norwalk
- Agency: Gibb & Riley, LLC
- Main IPC: G06F3/12
- IPC: G06F3/12 ; H04L12/24

Abstract:
A first printer acquires a first network address from an external server using unicast (non-broadcast) transmissions. Then, second printers and an external computerized device also acquire the first network address from the external server, similarly using unicast transmissions. The second printers contact (e.g., say “hello” to) the first printer using a peer-to-peer network. The external computerized device contacts (again using unicast transmissions) the first printer using the first network address to cause the first printer to transmit a list of the second printers that have contacted the first printer to the external computerized device. The external computerized device then contacts (again using unicast transmissions) the second printers using the list of contacted printers (which includes network address information of the second printers) to allow the external computerized device to configure the second printers.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140214939A1 NETWORK DISCOVERY USING UNICAST COMMUNICATIONS Public/Granted day:2014-07-31
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