Virtual universal plug and play control point
First Claim
1. A method for communication, the method comprising:
- receiving a request for information from an associated electronic equipment communicatively coupled to a wide area network for access to one or more associated devices and/or services communicatively coupled on a local area network;
authenticating the request for information on the local area network;
establishing a virtual control point between the associated electronic equipment and the one or more associated devices.
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Abstract
Disclosed is a device and method for seamlessly internetworking local area networks utilizing the Universal Plug and Play protocol with wide area networks utilizing the Internet Multimedia Subsystem architecture. The present invention utilizes a dynamic virtual control point to represent an IMS device on the UPnP network, which allows communication between the IMS device and one or more devices located on the UPnP network. In one embodiment, the method for communication includes receiving a request for information from an associated electronic equipment communicatively coupled to a wide area network for access to one or more associated devices and/or services communicatively coupled on a local area network; authenticating the request for information on the local area network; and establishing a virtual control point between the associated electronic equipment and the one or more associated devices.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for communication, the method comprising:
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receiving a request for information from an associated electronic equipment communicatively coupled to a wide area network for access to one or more associated devices and/or services communicatively coupled on a local area network;
authenticating the request for information on the local area network;
establishing a virtual control point between the associated electronic equipment and the one or more associated devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for communication, the method comprising:
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receiving a request for information from an associated electronic equipment communicatively coupled to a wide area network for access to one or more associated devices and/or services communicatively coupled on a local area network;
authenticating the request for information on the local area network;
establishing a session related to the request for information;
establishing a dynamic virtual control point between the associated electronic equipment and the one or more associated devices. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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19. A program stored on a machine readable medium, the program being suitable for use in a network communication device for establishing a virtual control point that associates a UPnP session key with an associated electronic equipment for allowing communication between the one or more associated devices and the associated electronic equipment, wherein;
when the program is loaded in memory in the network communication device and executed, causes seamless exchange of information between the one or more associated devices and the associated electronic equipment. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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