Patent ID: 8516071
Filing Date: 2013-08-20
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for accessing a first device located on a first network from a second device located on a second network, the method comprising: linking, using a second agent application operating on a second computer of the second network, the first network and the second network via a peer-to-peer network, wherein the first network includes the first device and a first agent application operating on a first computer and the second network includes the second device and the second agent application operating on the second computer; obtaining an address, service template and property information regarding the first device in the first network using the first agent application; transmitting the address, service template and property information regarding the first device from the first agent application of the first network to the second agent application of the second network; generating, using the second agent application of the second network, a device advertisement message on the second network for the first device of the first network based, at least in part, on the address, service template and property information regarding the first device, wherein the device advertisement message includes an address for the second agent application as a network address for the first device on the second network; receiving, at the second agent application, an access request message for the first device from the second device on the second network; and communicating the access request message for the first device from the second agent application to the first network via the peer-to-peer network.