DEVICE DISCOVERY AND CONTROL IN A BRIDGED HOME NETWORK

摘要

A method for providing user interfaces in a first network including first devices interconnected via a communication medium and at least one interface device connecting the first network to at least a second network having interconnected second devices, the user interfaces for controlling the devices that are currently connected to the first network and devices that are currently connected to the second network. The method includes the steps of: (a) obtaining information from the first devices currently connected to the first network, the information including device information; (b) obtaining information from the interface device about the second devices connected to the second network; (c) generating a user interface description in one or more of the first devices based at least on the obtained information, the user interface description in each first device including: (1) at least one reference associated with the device information of each of the first devices, and (2) at least one reference associated with the device information of each of the second devices.