Re: UPnP service implementing an intent

Can't the UA receive the broadcast of the UPnP service and add it to the
intent registry?  In general our model has the UA being the broker for
platform-level interactions with intents.

James

On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 7:38 AM, Jean-Claude Dufourd <
jean-claude.dufourd@telecom-paristech.fr> wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> In the Home Network TF of Web and TV IG, we discussed discovery of
> services, including the discovery of those services offered through
> existing protocols such as UPnP.
> I heard at the TPAC that web intents are the way to satisfy the HNTF
> requirements on discovery.
> From reading the emails on this list, I do not see how it is possible to
> wrap UPnP services as intents.
> It seems a mediator or proxy would be needed, receiving the initial
> broadcast of the UPnP service announcing itself, translating that to an
> intent registration and sending it to the intents broker.
> If so, then no, web intents do not satisfy the HNTF requirements on
> discovery, or at least, there is a significant missing part.
> Best regards
> JC
>
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