Patent ID: 6839731
Filing Date: 2005-01-04
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. In a system including one or more premises-server computing devices in communication with a number of input and/or output devices, a central communication device, and at least one client computing device in communication with the central communication device, a method for processing device data, the method comprising: transmitting an access request to the central communication device, the access request including one or more identification attributes corresponding to a client computing device; obtaining a listing of available premises-server computing devices, the listing of available premises-server computing devices corresponding to a set of premises-server computing devices a client computing device is authorized to access based at least in part on the identification attributes; transmitting a communication request to communicate with one or more premises-server computing devices; establishing a direct connection with a proxy application in each of the one or more premises-server computing devices for which the communication request is successful; and obtaining device information from each proxy application associated with the one or more premises-server computing device, the device information corresponding to a current input and/or output device state; wherein establishing a direct connection with a proxy application in each of the one or more premises-server computing devices cannot occur prior to obtaining the listing of available premises-server computing devices.