Apparatus and method for providing domain information

Abstract

An apparatus for providing domain information is disclosed. The apparatus includes a storage module that stores domain information, a device-connection module that connects to a device intending to join a domain, and a control module that extracts domain information stored in the storage module, and provides the extracted domain information to the connected device through the device-connection module.

1 . An apparatus for providing domain information, the apparatus comprising:
 a storage module that stores domain information;   a device-connection module that connects to a device intending to join a domain; and   a control module that extracts the domain information stored in the storage module, and provides the extracted domain information to the device by the device-connection module.   
   
   
       2 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the control module extracts domain information stored in the storage module according to a request of the connected device. 
   
   
       3 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the connected device sets a domain environment using the provided domain information. 
   
   
       4 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the control module is one of software, hardware, and a software-hardware hybrid. 
   
   
       5 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , further comprising a computer readable medium including instructions for implementing operation of the control module. 
   
   
       6 . An apparatus for providing domain information, the apparatus comprising:
 a storage module that stores domain information;   a communication-interface module that communicates with a device intending to join a domain through one of a wired medium and a wireless medium; and   a control module that extracts said domain information stored in the storage module, and transmits the extracted domain information through the communication-interface module to the device.   
   
   
       7 . The apparatus of  claim 6 , wherein the control module is one of software, hardware, and a software-hardware hybrid. 
   
   
       8 . The apparatus of  claim 6 , further comprising a computer readable medium including instructions for implementing operation of the control module. 
   
   
       9 . The apparatus of  claim 6 , wherein the control module extracts said domain information stored in the storage module according to the request of the device. 
   
   
       10 . The apparatus of  claim 6 , wherein the device sets a domain environment using the transmitted domain information. 
   
   
       11 . A method of providing domain information, the method comprising:
 connecting to a device intending to join a domain;   extracting domain information about the domain; and   providing the extracted domain information to the connected device.   
   
   
       12 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein the extracting is performed according to the request of the connected device. 
   
   
       13 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein the connected device sets a domain environment using the provided domain information. 
   
   
       14 . A computer readable medium including a set of instructions for performing operations of the method of  claim 11 . 
   
   
       15 . A method of providing domain information, the method comprising:
 receiving a request for domain information about a domain from a device intending to join the domain through one of a wired medium and a wireless medium;   extracting the domain information according to the request; and   transmitting the extracted domain information to the device through one of the wired medium and the wireless medium.   
   
   
       16 . The method of  claim 15 , further comprising:
 providing a domain environment using the transmitted domain information.   
   
   
       17 . A computer readable medium including a set of instructions for performing operations of the method of  claim 15 .