AUTOMATIC DETECTION OF A SIMILAR APPLICATION STORED ON A NETWORKED MEDIA DEVICE THROUGH A MULTICAST CAPABILITY OF AN OPERATING SYSTEM ACCESSED THROUGH AN APPLICATION OF A MOBILE DEVICE

摘要

A method, apparatus and/or system related to automatic detection of a similar application stored on a networked media device through a multicast capability of an operating system of a mobile device. In one embodiment, a method of a mobile device includes accessing a multicast capability of an operating system through an application of the mobile device, determining if there is a similar application locally stored on a networked media device to the application on the mobile device when a multicast message is broadcast to the networked media device communicatively coupled to the mobile device through a local area network, and automatically launching the similar application on the networked media device based on a communication of the multicast message from the mobile device to the networked media device.

主权项

1. A method of a mobile device comprising:
accessing a multicast capability of an operating system through an application of the mobile device; delivering a multicast message through a multicast algorithm of the operating system that communicates a name-announce request to any networked media device communicatively coupled to the mobile device through a local area network; communicating wirelessly through the local area network; broadcasting to all available networked media devices communicatively coupled to the mobile device through the local area network; determining which network media devices in the local area network are listening; determining if there is a similar application locally stored on a networked media device to the application on the mobile device when a multicast message is broadcast to the networked media device communicatively coupled to the mobile device through a local area network; and automatically launching the similar application on the networked media device based on a communication from the mobile device to the networked media device.