Patent ID: 9537708
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. A method for selecting a device in a telecommunications network as a function of capabilities associated with the implementation of a telecommunications service, a query unit being connected to the network, the method comprising the following steps: a) receiving by the query unit a set of capabilities associated with said service; b) forming by the query unit a first symbolic address for interrogating a DNS server, based on at least one part of the capabilities of said set on the one hand, and an address domain name on the other hand, the address domain name being a common suffix of addresses used for devices in the network; c) transmitting by the query unit the first symbolic address to the DNS server; d) receiving by the query unit from the DNS server a list of one or more devices based on said address domain name, and compatible with said at least one part of the capabilities of said set; and e) selecting by the query unit a device from the list; wherein the list of devices comprises for each device a second physical address of the latter on the network.