It Just Works: UPnP in the Digital Home
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UPnP network technology allows personal computer and consumer electronics devices to advertise and offer their services to network clients. Many companies and standards organizations view UPnP as the technological foundation of the digital home, enabling innovative usage models, higher levels of automation, and easier integration of devices from different manufacturers. In this article, Michael Jeronimo provides an introduction to UPnP technology, reviews the protocols that comprise UPnP, and explains the various elements of a UPnP device.
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Most recent reply: July 5, 2005 1:13 AM by
Henning
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Continuing the Journal's exploration of spontaneous networking technologies, this article presents an introduction to UPnP. UPnP allows personal computer and consumer electronics devices to advertise and offer their services to network clients. In addition to explaining the key UPnP concepts, this article highlight the role UPnP can play in digital home networking. http://www.artima.com/spontaneous/upnp_digihome.htmlWhat do you think of the author's comments?
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Good Article. You can see a real UPnP home automation product here. http://www.domotium.comBR
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another sample for an UPnP application is On2Share (plugin for the Windows Media Player). It is working as UPnP Media Server and Controll Point. http://www.on2share.com
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