Method and apparatus for accommodating overlapping wireless networks
A method comprises forming a pathname indicative of a location of content on a wireless network, the pathname including an identifier of the wireless network; and sending a request for the content, the request including the pathname. In one embodiment, the pathname further includes a delimiter configured to specify a location of the identifier of the wireless network in the pathname.
1. A method, comprising:
forming a universal resource indicative of a location of content on a wireless network, the universal resource indicator including:
a host name associated with a device on the wireless network; and
a network name associated with the wireless network prepended to the host name, wherein the universal resource indicator includes a delimiter inserted between the network name and the host name, wherein the network name is a global address and the host name is a local address; and
sending a request for the content, the request including the universal resource indicator.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the delimiter is “@@”.
3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the universal resource indicator is configured as networkname@@hostname/contentaddress, wherein:
“networkname” comprises the network name associated with the wireless network;
“hostname” comprises the device on the wireless network; and
“contentaddress” comprises the location of the content on the device.
4. An apparatus, comprising:
a processor, and memory including computer program code, the memory and the computer program code configured to, working with the processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following:
form a universal resource indicator indicative of a location of content on a wireless network, the universal resource indicator including:
a hot name associated with a device on the wireless network; and
a network name associated with the wireless network prepended to the host name, wherein the universal resource indicator includes a delimiter inserted between the network name and the host name, wherein the network name is a global address and the host name is a local address; and
send a request for the content, the request including the universal resource indicator.
5. The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the delimiter is “@@”.
6. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the universal resource indicator is configured as networkname@@hostname/contentaddress, wherein:
“networkname” comprises the network name associated with the wireless network;
“hostname” comprises the device on the wireless network; and
“contentaddress” comprises the location of the content on the device.
7. A computer program product, embodied on a non-transitory computer-readable medium, comprising:
computer code for forming a universal resource indicator indicative of a location of content on a wireless network, the universal resource indicator including:
a host name associated with a device on the wireless network; and
a network name associated with the wireless network prepended to the host name, wherein the universal resource indicator includes a delimiter inserted between the network name and the host name, wherein the network name is a global address and the host name is a local address; and
computer code for sending a request for the content, the request including the universal resource indicator.
8. The computer program product of claim 7 , wherein the delimiter is “@@”.
9. The computer program product of claim 8 , wherein the universal resource indicator is configured as networkname@@hostname/contentaddress, wherein:
“networkname” comprises the network name associated with the wireless network;
“hostname” comprises the device on the wireless network; and
“contentaddress” comprises the location of the content on the device.