Patent ID: 8606896
Filing Date: 2013-12-10
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04N

Abstract:
1. System comprising: at least one user component including a processor and a user input device configured for inputting signals to the processor; at least one service component configured for communicating with the user component over a home network, the service component including a processor, wherein the processors are configured to cooperate to: discover each component in the home network; each processor configured for publishing to the home network services provided by the respective component, each processor configured for receiving information indicating services published by components in the network other than the processor receiving information; the user component configured for receiving user invocation signals to invoke a service of the service component; the user component configured for receiving user service signals and sending the user service signals over the network to the service component to cause the service component to provide the service in accordance with the user service signals; and the user component configured for receiving back over the home network a service output from the service component representing a result of executing the service, the service output being configured for being presented on the user component, wherein in response to selecting the service component from the user component, the user component is configured to present a list of services provided by the service component from which a user can select to cause the service component to execute the service and return results therefrom to the user component over the network.