Patent ID: 9081902
Filing Date: 2015-07-14
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A computer-readable storage medium encoded with computer-executable instructions, wherein the computer-readable storage medium does not consist of a transitory signal, for performing a method in a computer system comprising a computer and a device represented by a plurality of device instances and operable to communicate with the computer via a plurality of transports, each device instance being associated with a transport of the plurality of transports, the computer-executable instructions, when executed, performing a method comprising: obtaining an identifier from at least one device instance from the plurality of device instances; identifying, based on a value of the identifier, that the device instance is an instance of a multi-transport device communicating with the computer via the plurality of transports; associating, using the identifier, the plurality of device instances with each other via an entity that is independent of the plurality of transports; and interacting with the multi-transport device using the entity.