Patents Assigned to Communications Acquisitions, LLC
  • Discovering network services
    Patent number: 8850024
    Abstract: A method includes sending a request for network services to plural devices, where the request identifies the network services using a self-describing data structure, and receiving a response to the request from at least one device, where the response identifies which of the network services are supported by the at least one device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Communications Acquisitions, LLC
    Inventors: Julian Wray West, Eric J. Martin, Rajesh K. Mishra
  • Configuring a network device
    Patent number: 8693465
    Abstract: A method performed by a device adapted for communication over a network includes establishing a presence on the network, obtaining default configuration information for the device via the network, the default configuration information identifying a service on the network, receiving a request for validation information from the service, providing the validation information to the service, the service generating device-specific information in response to the validation information, and obtaining the device-specific information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Communications Acquisitions, LLC
    Inventors: Julian Wray West, Eric J. Martin, Rajesh K. Mishra