METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING A HOME NETWORK FROM AN EXTERNAL COMMUNICATION NETWORK

摘要

The invention concerns a method for controlling devices in a home network by a control device through a home access server. The method comprises the steps of: providing, in the home access server, a plurality of generic user control protocol pages for each functional component type defined by the home network specification; discovering, by the home access server, of functional components modules in the home network; upon selection of a functional component module through the control device, instantiation of generic user control protocol pages corresponding to said selected functional component module as a function of parameters of said selected functional component module. The invention also concerns a home access server device.