| US 7,555,554 B2 | ||
| System and method for generating selectable extension to media transport protocol | ||
| Blake D. Manders, Kirkland, Wash. (US); Oren Rosenbloom, Redmond, Wash. (US); and Vladimir Sadovsky, Bellevue, Wash. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, Wash. (US) | ||
| Filed on Aug. 06, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/912,096. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0031545 A1, Feb. 09, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 15/16 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 709—227 [709/223; 709/217; 709/203] | 43 Claims |

| 1. A system for initiating operations from an extension set to a protocol, comprising:
a communications interface communicating with a device;
an extension set, defined by a device manufacturer or vendor, extending operations of a transport protocol, the extension
set being identified by a unique identifier corresponding to a previously registered domain name, wherein the device manufacturer
or vender is able to define the extension set without reliance or intervention by a third party standards body or a human-reviewed
organization; and
a control module, the control module communicating with the communications interface and the extension set to control the
device using the extended operations of the extension set.
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