DEVICE COMMUNICATION AND CONTROL IN A HOME NETWORK CONNECTEDTO AN EXTERNAL 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 said first network to at least a second network having interconnected second devices providing services, the user interfaces for controlling the devices that are currently connected to the first network an d communication with devices that are currently connected to the second networ k. The method includes the steps of: (a) obtaining information from one or more of first devices currently connected to the first network, said information including device information; (b) obtaining information from one or more of the second devices via the interface device, about the services of second devices connected to the second network; (c) generating a user interface description in one or more of said 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 said first devices, and (2) at least one reference associated wit h the service information of each of said second devices.