Patent ID: 8645487
Filing Date: 2014-02-04
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of requesting a service between network devices, wherein the service is not defined in advance between the network devices, comprising: requesting, by a network device, to send service information to a partner network, wherein the service information comprises a service description based on user interface menu items according to a function of the partner network device; wherein the service description comprises a service name, service identification (ID) information, and a parameter able to be selected or inputted by a user of the network device; receiving the service information from the partner network device; storing the received service information in a storage module included in the network device; outputting the received service information as a user interface menu screen on a user interface module included in the network device, wherein the user interface menu screen includes the user interface menu items; selecting the service based on the menu screen; detecting, from the storage module, service information corresponding to the service selected based on the menu screen; forming a service request frame including the detected service information; transmitting a service request based on the formed service request frame to the partner network device; wherein the formed service request frame includes, the service ID information of the selected service.