Method and apparatus for presenting an entity not supporting UPnP as a UPnP device

摘要

A method and apparatus are provided for allowing a UPnP control point to recognize various entities. The method includes: generating a device description describing information on the entity in a format according to the standard using the information on the entity; and presenting a role of the device supporting the standard for a control point, which can recognize only devices supporting the standard, based on the generated device description. Accordingly, UPnP can be applied to various entities.