Patent Application Number: 2005321287
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Prior Art Detail
Summary / Description
| Summary / Description | An audio/video (A/V) component networking system each adapted to provide A/V program data. |
Basic Information
| Type of Prior Art | Issued Patents - US |
| Country | United States of America |
| Patent/Application # | 20050216570 |
| Kind Code | United States (US) - United STATES Patent - A |
| Patentee Name | Johnson, Dan Scott |
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| Filing Date | March 24, 2004 |
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Notes / To Do
| Notes | Each audio/visual host in the network has a sink component which may present to the user an aggregated listing of the A/V program data available from each. The user may then request that program data for presentation. |
Excerpt
Excerpt Patent & the current patent application do not discuss if network hosts multicast.Patent application shares "content information", Patent shares "program data". Patents filters content to availability, Patent application filters content to capability. |
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Claims
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A method for content information sharing between devices in communication with each other in a peer-to-peer network, comprising the steps of:
a first device receiving a request for information describing content stored at the first device from at least a second device via the peer-to-peer network, said request includes capability information of the second device;
said first device retrieving the information describing the content stored at the first device;
said first device filtering the retrieved information according to the capability information of the second device; and
said first device sending the filtered information to the second device.
| Relevance | Program data/Content information is co-located with each host and supplied on request of another host. |
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