Patent ID: 8644312
Filing Date: 2014-02-04
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: receiving, by a first master controller, a first device discovery beacon from a first control system device; determining the first device discovery beacon includes a device type flag; determining a value indicates the first control system device comprises a server configured to bind to multiple master controllers; loading, by a first master controller, an instance of a device module associated with the first control system device responsive to determining the value; receiving, by the first master controller, a second device discovery beacon from a second control system device; determining the second device discovery beacon does not include a device type flag; adding, by the first master controller, a designation of the second control system device to an unbound dynamic physical device list maintained by the first master controller; detecting, by the first master controller, a binding notification on a multicast address indicating the second control system device has been bound to another master controller; and removing, by the first master controller, the designation of the second control system device from the unbound dynamic physical device list.