METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SHARING DEVICE CAPABILITIES OF UNIVERSAL PLUG AND PLAY (UPNP) DEVICES WITH A SERVICE NETWORK ENTITY

摘要

The present invention provides a method and system of sharing device capabilities of universal plug and play (UPnP) devices with a service provider entity. In one embodiment, a method includes obtaining device capabilities associated with one or more UPnP devices in an UPnP home network environment, and aggregating the device capabilities associated with the one or more UPnP devices. The method also includes mapping the aggregated device capabilities associated with the one or more UPnP devices in a user agent profile. The method further includes communicating the user agent profile containing the device capabilities associated with the one or more UPnP devices to a service provider network so that the service provider network provides telephony services to the one or more UPnP devices based on the respective device capabilities.