Patent ID: 9203797
Filing Date: 2015-12-01
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A system, comprising: at least two networks, each of said networks including one or more devices, each of said devices being assigned a device address being unique for said respective device within said respective network in which said device is included and a network address being common to devices within said respective network, the device address and the network address being separately provided and assigned to said respective device, wherein said one or more devices within each of said networks directly communicate over a first communication link according to the Consumer Electronics Control (CEC) protocol and over a second communication link according to an Internet protocol, a connection between said networks is based on said Internet protocol, and a particular device of the one or more devices in each of the networks is designated as a root device that assigns the network address of the respective network to the one or more devices on the respective network and replace the network address with a new network address when another network having a same network address as the network address is detected.