Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving information regarding UPnP event

• US 8,054,831 B2
• Filed: 11/09/2006
• Issued: 11/08/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 11/09/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Inventors: Choi, Cheol-won
• Primary Examiner(s): Banks Harold; Marsha D
• Assistant Examiner(s): HASSAN, SAAD K
• Application Number:
  US11/594,748
• Publication Number:
  US 20070104193A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,825 Days
• Field of Search: 370/389, 370/392, 709/223, 709/224
• US Class Current: 370/389
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2827 Reporting to a device within the home network; wherein the reception of the information reported automatically triggers the execution of a home appliance functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/285 Generic home appliances, e.g. refrigerators
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/22 Parsing or analysis of headers

Abstract

Provided are a method and apparatus for efficiently transmitting and receiving information regarding a Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) event. In the method of receiving event information, a notice regarding a part of a plurality of status changes of a service is requested for an event indicating at least one of the status changes of the service, and information regarding the part of the status changes is received in response to the request. Accordingly, a control point can receive an event message that contains only necessary status parameters.

Claims

1. A method of receiving event information in a Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) network, the method comprising:

(a) selecting by a control point, a part of a plurality of status parameters of a service for an event based on characteristics of an application performed by the control point and selecting by the control point, a predetermined level of the selected part of the plurality of status parameters based on a hardware performance of the control point, the service being provided to the control point by a controlled device, and the plurality of status parameters of the service indicating statuses of the service provided to the control point by the controlled device;

(b) transmitting, by the control point to the controlled device, under a control of a processor of the control point, an event subscription request message including information of the selected part and the selected predetermined level to request a notice regarding the part of the plurality of status parameters of the service for the event which indicates at least one of status changes of the service to be provided by the controlled device only when a change in a value of the part of the status parameters of the service is equal to or greater than the predetermined level; and

(c) receiving by the control point, information regarding only the selected part of the status parameters in response to the request.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the event is an event that informs at least one of the status changes of the service that a Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) device provides.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein during (b), only when there is the change in the value of the part of the status parameters indicating the statuses of the service, a current value of the part of the changed status parameters is requested.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein during (b), the current value of the part of the status parameters is requested by inserting an extended header recording identification of the part of the status parameters into a message requesting a subscription to the event.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising updating the part of the status parameters by inserting an extended header, which instructs a new identification to be added or an identification of a status parameter to be deleted from the existing extended header, into a message requesting updating of the subscription to the event.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein during (b), a current value of at least one of the status parameters indicating the statuses of the service is requested only when a value change of the at least one status parameter is equal to or greater than the predetermined level.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein during (b), the current value of the at least one status parameter is requested by inserting an extended header recording the predetermined level into the message requesting a subscription to the event.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising requesting change of the predetermined level by inserting an extended header, which instructs the predetermined level to be changed, into the message requesting update of the subscription to the event.

9. A control point for receiving event information in a Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) network, the control point comprising:

a selector which selects a part of a plurality of status parameters of a service for an event based on characteristics of an application performed by the control point and selects a predetermined level of the selected part of the plurality of status parameters based on a hardware performance of the control point, the service being provided to the control point by a controlled device, and the plurality of status parameters indicating statuses of the service provided to the control point by the controlled device;

a requesting unit which generates a header having information of the selected part and the selected predetermined level and inserts the header into an event subscription request message to request a notice regarding the part of the plurality of status parameters of the service for the event which indicates at least one of status changes of the service to be provided by the controlled device only when a change in a value of the part of the status parameters of the service is equal to or greater than the predetermined level; and

an eventing module which transmits the event subscription request message and receives information regarding only the selected part of the status parameters in response to the event subscription request message.

10. A non-transitory computer readable medium having embodied thereon a program for executing a method of receiving event information in a Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) network in a computer, the method comprising:

selecting by a control point, a part of a plurality of status parameters of a service for an event based on characteristics of an application performed by the control point and selecting by the control point, a predetermined level of the selected part of the plurality of status parameters based on a hardware performance of the control point, the service being provided to the control point by a controlled device, and the plurality of status parameters of the service indicates statuses of the service provided to the control point by the controlled device;

transmitting, by the control point to the controlled device, an event subscription request message including information of the selected part and the selected predetermined level to request a notice regarding the part of the plurality of status parameters of the service for the event which indicates at least one of status changes of the service to be provided by the controlled device only when a change in a value of the part of the status parameters of the service is equal to or greater than the predetermined level; and

receiving by the control point, information regarding only the selected part of the status parameters in response to the request.

11. A method of transmitting event information in a Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) network, the method comprising:

(a) detecting by a controlled device, under a control of a processor of the controlled device, an event subscription request message including information of a part of a plurality of status parameters of a service and a predetermined level of the part of the plurality of status parameters, as a request for an event which indicates at least one of status changes of the service to be provided by the controlled device only when a change in a value of the part of the status parameters of the service is equal to or greater than the predetermined level, the service being provided to the control point by the controlled device, and the plurality of status parameters indicating statuses of the service provided to the control point by the controlled device; and

(b) transmitting by the controlled device, information regarding only the part of the status parameters in response to the request when the change in the value of the part of the status parameters is equal to or greater than the predetermined level,

wherein the part of the plurality of status parameters is selected based on characteristics of an application performed by the control point and the predetermined level is selected based on a hardware performance of the control point.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the event is an event that indicates at least one of the status changes of a service that a Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) device provides.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein during (a), only when there is the change in the value of the part of the plurality of status parameters indicating the statuses of the service, a request for a current value of the part of the status parameters is detected, and

during (b), when the change in the value of the part of the status parameters is equal to or greater than the predetermined level, an event message containing the current value of the part of the status parameters is transmitted.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein during (a), the request is detected by detecting identification of the part of the status parameters from a message requesting a subscription to the event.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising detecting a request for updating the status parameter by determining whether a new identification is added or the identification of a status parameter is deleted.

16. The method of claim 11, wherein during (a), only when a value change of at least one of status parameters indicating the statuses of the service is equal to or greater than the predetermined level, a request for requesting a current value of the status parameter is detected, and

during (b), when the value change of the status parameter is equal to or greater than the predetermined level, an event message containing a current value of the status parameter is transmitted.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein during (a), the request is detected by detecting the predetermined level from the message requesting the subscription to the event.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising detecting a request for updating the predetermined level by determining whether the predetermined level value is changed.

19. A device for transmitting event information in a Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) network, the device being a controlled device, the device comprising:

a detecting unit which detects an event subscription request message including information of a for a part of a plurality of status parameters of a service and a predetermined level of the part of the plurality of status parameters, as a request for an event which indicates at least one of status changes of the service to be provided by the controlled device only when a change in a value of the part of the status parameters of the service is equal to or greater than the predetermined level, the service being provided to the control point by the controlled device, and the plurality of status parameters indicating statuses of the service provided to the control point by the controlled device; and

an eventing module which transmits information regarding only the part of the status parameters in response to the request when the change in the value of the part of the status parameters is equal to or greater than the predetermined level,

wherein the part of the plurality of status parameters is selected based on characteristics of an application performed by the control point and the predetermined level is selected based on a hardware performance of the control point.

20. A non-transitory computer readable medium having embodied thereon a program for executing a method of transmitting event information in a Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) network, the method comprising:

detecting by a controlled device, an event subscription request message including information of a part of a plurality of status parameters of a service and a predetermined level of the part of the plurality of status parameters, as a request for an event which indicates at least one of status changes of the service to be provided by the controlled device only when a change in a value of the part of the status parameters of the service is equal to or greater than the predetermined level, the service being provided to the control point by the controlled device, and the plurality of status parameters indicating statuses of the service provided to the control point by the controlled device; and

transmitting information regarding only the part of the status parameters in response to the request when the change in the value of the part of the status parameters is equal to or greater than the predetermined level,

wherein the part of the plurality of status parameters is selected based on characteristics of an application performed by the control point and the predetermined level is selected based on a hardware performance of the control point.