WO1999046922A8 - Method and system for searching through descriptive data in the av/c protocol - Google Patents

Method and system for searching through descriptive data in the av/c protocol

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WO1999046922A8
WO1999046922A8 PCT/US1999/005024 US9905024W WO9946922A8 WO 1999046922 A8 WO1999046922 A8 WO 1999046922A8 US 9905024 W US9905024 W US 9905024W WO 9946922 A8 WO9946922 A8 WO 9946922A8
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Prior art keywords
search
target device
data
electronic devices
network
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PCT/US1999/005024
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French (fr)
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Harold Aaron Ludtke
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Sony Electronics Inc
Harold Aaron Ludtke
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Priority to EP99909908A priority Critical patent/EP1060613A4/en
Priority to AU29002/99A priority patent/AU2900299A/en
Priority to JP2000536188A priority patent/JP2002507038A/en
Publication of WO1999046922A1 publication Critical patent/WO1999046922A1/en
Publication of WO1999046922A8 publication Critical patent/WO1999046922A8/en

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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L12/00—Data switching networks
    • H04L12/28—Data switching networks characterised by path configuration, e.g. LAN [Local Area Networks] or WAN [Wide Area Networks]
    • H04L12/40—Bus networks
    • H04L12/40052—High-speed IEEE 1394 serial bus
    • H04L12/40117—Interconnection of audio or video/imaging devices
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L12/00—Data switching networks
    • H04L12/28—Data switching networks characterised by path configuration, e.g. LAN [Local Area Networks] or WAN [Wide Area Networks]
    • H04L12/2803—Home automation networks
    • H04L12/2805—Home Audio Video Interoperability [HAVI] networks
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L12/00—Data switching networks
    • H04L12/28—Data switching networks characterised by path configuration, e.g. LAN [Local Area Networks] or WAN [Wide Area Networks]
    • H04L12/2803—Home automation networks
    • H04L12/2807—Exchanging configuration information on appliance services in a home automation network
    • H04L12/2812—Exchanging configuration information on appliance services in a home automation network describing content present in a home automation network, e.g. audio video content
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N7/00—Television systems
    • H04N7/16—Analogue secrecy systems; Analogue subscription systems
    • H04N7/173—Analogue secrecy systems; Analogue subscription systems with two-way working, e.g. subscriber sending a programme selection signal
    • H04N7/17309—Transmission or handling of upstream communications
    • H04N7/17336—Handling of requests in head-ends
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L12/00—Data switching networks
    • H04L12/28—Data switching networks characterised by path configuration, e.g. LAN [Local Area Networks] or WAN [Wide Area Networks]
    • H04L12/2803—Home automation networks
    • H04L12/2816—Controlling appliance services of a home automation network by calling their functionalities
    • H04L12/2821—Avoiding conflicts related to the use of home appliances
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L12/00—Data switching networks
    • H04L12/28—Data switching networks characterised by path configuration, e.g. LAN [Local Area Networks] or WAN [Wide Area Networks]
    • H04L12/2803—Home automation networks
    • H04L2012/2847—Home automation networks characterised by the type of home appliance used
    • H04L2012/2849—Audio/video appliances
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S707/00—Data processing: database and file management or data structures
    • Y10S707/99931—Database or file accessing
    • Y10S707/99933—Query processing, i.e. searching

Abstract

A system and method of same for performing a search of stored data in a network of electronic devices connected by a network bus, wherein at least one of the electronic devices is a target device containing the stored data and another one of the electronic devices is a controller device. In one embodiment, the electronic devices are compliant with audio visual control (AV/C) protocol and the network is compliant with IEEE 1394. In accordance with the present invention, search criteria are specified in a command structure transmitted from the controller device to the target device. The target device recognizes the command as a request to perform the search of the stored data and executes the command, thereby causing the search to be performed. As a result of a successful search, data on the target device that satisfy the search criterion are identified and an identifier locating that data is also specified. The target device transmits a response containing the identifier to the controller device. The identifier provides sufficient information for locating the discovered data so that it can be subsequently accessed and retrieved by the controller device. Thus, the present invention accomplishes the search on the target device containing the stored data and only a relatively small amount of data is transmitted over the network bus, thus consuming only a small portion of the available bandwidth capacity of the bus and improving overall network performance.
PCT/US1999/005024 1998-03-09 1999-03-08 Method and system for searching through descriptive data in the av/c protocol WO1999046922A1 (en)

Priority Applications (3)

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EP99909908A EP1060613A4 (en) 1998-03-09 1999-03-08 Method and system for searching through descriptive data in the av/c protocol
AU29002/99A AU2900299A (en) 1998-03-09 1999-03-08 Method and system for searching through descriptive data in the av/c protocol
JP2000536188A JP2002507038A (en) 1998-03-09 1999-03-08 Method and apparatus for searching stored data by description data in AV / C protocol

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US7727698P 1998-03-09 1998-03-09
US60/077,276 1998-03-09
US09/258,046 1999-02-25
US09/258,046 US6460030B1 (en) 1998-03-09 1999-02-25 Method and system for searching through descriptive data in the AV/C protocol

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