Patent ID: 8495215
Filing Date: 2013-07-23
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. An information processing device configured to communicate with a network device via a network using UPnP (Universal Plug and Play), comprising: a management component configured to manage a plurality of service URLs (Uniform Resource Locator) of the network device with the service URLs specifying locations of XML (Extensive Markup Language) files that indicate different services provided by the network device, respectively, the management component being configured to divide each of the service URLs into a common record that includes a MAC (Media Access Control) address, an IP (Internet Protocol) address and a port number of the network device, and a service record that includes a directory file path to respective one of the XML files; and a memory component configured to store a management record of the service URLs of the network device by sharing one of the common records of the service URLs between the service records of the service URLs such that the management record of the service URLs has the one of the common records and the service records in one-to-many correspondence to prevent the common records of the service URLs from being redundantly registered in the management record of the service URLs.