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
OG exemplary drawing
 
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.