Service gateway for controlling audio/video devices in a local network

摘要

An AV bundle (39) comprising a set of AV services (40) is described, which can be integrated into existing service gateway architectures, and particularly into service gateway architectures according to the OSGi standard. By means of said AV services (40), it is possible to control AV devices of a local device network, e.g. a Home Network, via a service gateway architecture (41). Starting from device-independent AV commands, said AV services generate instructions of a middleware protocol (43) required for controlling said AV devices in accordance with said device-independent AV commands. By using said AV services (40), it is possible to access the AV devices of said local device network without any knowledge of the underlying middleware protocol (43).