A method for discovering and aggregating heterogeneous media devices in a home network

Abstract

The invention discloses a discovery polymerization method of home network heterogeneous media equipment. The method comprises a router and multiple pieces of heterogeneous media equipment supporting TCP / IP (transmission control protocol / Internet protocol), wherein each piece of media equipment is connected with the router to form a local area network. When any piece of media equipment is started, the following steps are executed: the started media equipment automatically sends an inherent broadcast message to the router through a preset service port; the router distributes the received broadcast message to other pieces of media equipment in the local area network; and other pieces of media equipment receiving the broadcast message classify the media equipment sending the broadcast message and add to an equipment list thereof. Through the method, mutual discovery polymerization of the heterogeneous media equipment in the home network is easily realized, and each piece of media equipment can conveniently learn the other media equipment existing in the network, thus the multimedia distribution and control difficulty in the home network are reduced, and the data stream transmission among the heterogeneous media equipment can be realized very simply.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the field of home network communication, in particular to a method for discovering and aggregating heterogeneous media devices in a home network. Background technique [0002] At present, in the home network, there are often a variety of heterogeneous media devices with different software and hardware platforms, such as computers running Windows, tablets running Apple iOS, smartphones running Android, speakers running Linux, and other home media that already support the network. The devices and platforms are different and cannot communicate directly, which brings great inconvenience to users and greatly raises the threshold for using media devices. Especially in multimedia applications, it is impossible to automatically discover and unify the organization, or it needs to be equipped with a dedicated server and complex configuration to realize the mutual discovery and aggregation of various media devices. [0003] For example, ...

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[0002] At present, in the home network, there are often a variety of heterogeneous media devices with different software and hardware platforms, such as computers running Windows, tablets running Apple iOS, smartphones running Android, speakers running Linux, and other home media that already support the network. Devices and platforms are different and cannot communicate directly, which brings great inconvenience to users and greatly raises the threshold for using media devices

Especially in multimedia applications, it is impossible to automatically discover and unify the organization, or it needs to be equipped with a dedicated server and complex configuration to realize the mutual discovery and aggregation of various media devices

[0003] For example, there is a computer and another tablet computer in the home LAN. If the tablet computer wants to play the multimedia carried by the computer, it is necessary to set up sharing or other means similar to sharing on the computer, thereby configuring the computer as a server, and the tablet computer The computer also needs to know the network address of the server, and input the media player client program of the tablet according to a specific format. This process requires a high level of computer skills to complete. For ordinary people who are not computer professionals, the operation is complicated and difficult. This has brought difficulties to the distribution and control of multimedia in the home network, making it difficult for home network-based multimedia entertainment to be accepted and popularized, greatly affecting the promotion of multimedia entertainment devices in the home network

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