摘要 |
The invention involves the migration of at least some of the content discovery and/or resource management tasks from a home network to a remote server by using a proxy device, such as e.g. a DLNA-compatible proxy server or a proxy server compatible with other and/or multiple standards, connected to the devices within the home network and also connected to the resource server via an external, network. The proxy device can obtain content-relation information and, possibly, also: device-related information from the devices within the home network and provide that information to the remote server which can use the information to create an integrated navigation interface for navigating and/or managing content available to all of the devices within the home network. |
主权项 |
1. In an environment comprising at least two devices in a home network, a proxy device, such as e.g. a Digital Living Network Alliance compatible proxy device adapted to be communicatively connected to each of the at least two devices and to an external network, and a resource server adapted to be communicatively connected to the proxy device via the external network, a method for the resource server, the method comprising:
receiving content-related information obtained by the proxy device from each of the at least two devices, generating, based on at least part of the content-related information, an integrated navigation interface enabling a user in the home network to navigate and/or manage content available to all of the at least two devices, and optionally, providing at least a part of the integrated navigation interface to the home network for presentation to the user. |