Device Description

In order to obtain device objects you must perform one of the following tasks:

Using the IUPnPDescriptionDocument:IDispatch interface to load a device description from a known location.
Using the IUPnPDeviceFinder:IDispatch interface to obtain an IUPnPDevices:IDispatch interface to find a device on the network.

Applications then use the IUPnPDevice:IDispatch methods to retrieve properties about devices.

Applications are able to retrieve the following types of information:

Device hierarchy information, including root devices, parent devices, and child devices.
Device properties, including UDNs, uniform resource identifiers (URIs), and user-readable names.
Manufacturer information, including names and related Web pages.
Model information, including the name, number, UPC, serial numbers and device descriptions.
Display information, including the URL to control the device, and URLs from which icons are downloaded.
Services provided by a particular device.

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