UPNP Technology – UPNP Forum – Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA)

Posted on November 12th, 2008

UPNP Technology

UPNP Forum

The UPnP™ Forum was formed by Microsoft in June 1999.
Current membership exceeds 730 companies and individuals across multiple industries including consumer electronics, home and enterprise computing, computing services,
home automation, home security, appliances, printing, photography and computer networking.
The Forum provides an open process for companies to collaborate in the design of
device and service specifications and protocol standards for the UPnP™ initiative.
The principal goals of UPNP technology are to enable devices to connect seamlessly and
to simplify the implementation of networks in home and corporate environments.

Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA)

The 200+ members of the Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) share a vision of a
wired and wireless interoperable network of Personal Computers (PC), Consumer
Electronics (CE) and mobile devices in the home enabling a seamless environment for
sharing and growing new digital media and content services.
DLNA is focused on delivering an interoperability framework of design guidelines based
on open industry standards to complete the crossindustry digital convergence.
Initial emphasis has been on Digital Media Servers and Players
Technology
Network media: CAT5 Ethernet and 802.11a/b/g WLAN
Protocols heavily based on IP and UPNP Forum standards
Media Product specifications based on UPNP Media Profile
Supported Media Formats are both standard and proprietary
DRM strategies are under consideration

Reference: http://www.w3.org/2006/02/slides/reynolds.pdf

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