Method of controlling device connected to universal plug and play home network via internet, and system and device for the method
First Claim
1. A method of controlling a device connected to a UPnP (universal plug and play) home network based on a signal transmitted by an external device outside the UPnP home network, the method comprising:
- subscribing the device connected to the UPnP home network to the external device outside the UPnP home network and informing the external device of control information about the device connected to the UPnP home network;
receiving a third-party notification message about control of the device connected to the UPnP home network, from the external device via the Internet,converting the third-party notification into a control message for the device connected to the UPnP home network; and
transmitting the control message to the device connected to the UPnP home network, wherein the device connected to the UPnP home network is a device that provides a web-based user interface or a device that provides no web-based user interface.
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Abstract
A method, system, and device for controlling a device connected to a UPnP (universal plug and play) home network using the Internet is provided. This method includes: subscribing to the external device outside the UPnP home network and informing the external device of control information about the device connected to the UPnP home network; converting a third-party notification message about control of the device connected to the UPnP home network, the third-party notification message being received from the external device via the Internet, into a control message with respect to a device that provides a web-based user interface or a device that provides no web-based user interfaces; and transmitting the control message to the device that provides a web-based user interface or the device that provides no web-based user interfaces.
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24 Claims
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1. A method of controlling a device connected to a UPnP (universal plug and play) home network based on a signal transmitted by an external device outside the UPnP home network, the method comprising:
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subscribing the device connected to the UPnP home network to the external device outside the UPnP home network and informing the external device of control information about the device connected to the UPnP home network; receiving a third-party notification message about control of the device connected to the UPnP home network, from the external device via the Internet, converting the third-party notification into a control message for the device connected to the UPnP home network; and transmitting the control message to the device connected to the UPnP home network, wherein the device connected to the UPnP home network is a device that provides a web-based user interface or a device that provides no web-based user interface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 24)
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6. A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon software instructions for enabling a computer to control a device connected to a UPnP (universal plug and play) home network based on a signal transmitted by an external device outside the UPnP home network, the software instructions comprising the steps of:
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subscribing the device connected to the UPnP home network to the external device outside the UPnP home network and informing the external device of control information about the device connected to the UPnP home network; receiving a third-party notification message about control of the device connected to the UPnP home network, from the external device via the Internet, converting the third-party notification into a control message for the device connected to the UPnP home network; and transmitting the control message to the device connected to the UPnP home network, wherein the device connected to the UPnP home network is a device that provides a web-based user interface or a device that provides no web-based user interface.
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7. A device for controlling a device connected to a UPnP home network based on a signal transmitted by an external device outside the UPnP home network, the device comprising:
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a notification event processing unit which converts a third-party notification message about control of the device connected to the UPnP home network received from the external device via the Internet, into a control message for the device connected to the UPnP home network, and which subscribes to the external device outside the UPnP home network and informs the external device of control information about the device connected to the UPnP home network, wherein the device connected to the UPnP home network is a device that provides a web-based user interface or a device that provides no web-based user interface; a first control point which transmits the control message for the device connected to the UPnP home network and collects control information about the device connected to the UPnP home network, if the device provides the web-based user interface; and a second control point which transmits the control message for the device connected to the UPnP home network and collects control information about the device connected to the UPnP home network, if the device provides no web-based user interface. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of remotely controlling a target device connected to a UPnP home network, the method comprising:
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subscribing, by a first device connected to the UPnP home network, to a second device outside the UPnP home network, informing, by the first device, the second device about control information about the target device connected to the UPnP home network; if an event about the target device is generated, generating a third-party notification message about the event in the second device; transmitting the third-party notification message from the second device to the first device via the Internet; converting the third-party notification message, by the first device, into a control message for the target device; and the first device transmitting the control message to the target device, wherein the target device is a device that provides a web-based user interface or a device that provides no web-based user interface. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon software instructions for enabling a computer to control a target device connected to a UPnP home network, the software instructions comprising the steps of:
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subscribing, by a first device connected to the UPnP home network, to a second device outside the UPnP home network, informing, by the first device, the second device about control information about the target device connected to the UPnP home network; if an event about the target device is generated, generating a third-party notification message about the event in the second device; transmitting the third-party notification message from the second device to the first device via the Internet; converting the third-party notification message, by the first device, into a control message for the target device; and transmitting the control message from the first device to the target device, wherein the target device is a device that provides a web-based user interface or a device that provides no web-based user interface.
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18. A system for remotely controlling a device connected to a UPnP home network, the system comprising:
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a second device which generates a third-party notification message about an event if the event is generated, and transmits the third-party notification message via an Internet; and a first device which receives the third-party notification message from the second device, converts the third-party notification message into a control message for the device connected to the UPnP home network, and transmits the control message to the device connected to the UPnP home network, wherein the device connected to the UPnP home network is a device that provides a web-based user interface or a device that provides no web-based user interfaces. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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