摘要 |
Method and device for scanning for data processing devices There is provided a method of scanning for a remote device, the method comprising: generating, at a data processing device, a search input 102; transforming, at the data processing device, the search input to provide a transformed output 120, wherein the transformed output is representative of the search input; transmitting, a communication comprising the transformed output from the data processing device to the remote device; receiving, at the data processing a device, a communication from the remote device based on the transformed output. The transformation include performing a hash function and the output may be a hash value. Alternatively the transformed output may comprise a bloom filter. The method and device may be used to search for Internet of Things IOT devices. |