Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080221716 | METHOD OF PROCESSING ACTION, METHOD OF CONTROLLING CONTROLLED DEVICE, CONTROLLED DEVICE, AND CONTROL POINT - A method of processing an action executes an action requested by a control point for controlling a controlled device through a network, stores a result of executing the action as a pending result of the action when a network connection between the controlled device and the control point is terminated, and transmits the stored pending result of the action to the control point when the network connection between the controlled device and the control point is resumed. | 09-11-2008 |
20080320177 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING RESOURCES OF A UNIVERSAL PLUG AND PLAY DEVICE BASED ON A CONNECTION STATUS OF A CONTROL POINT - Provided are a method and apparatus for managing resources of a Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) device based on a connection status of a control point. The method of managing resources of a controlled device includes: monitoring an invocation of an action representing a connection of a control point for a predetermined time; determining whether the control point is connected to the controlled device or not by considering whether the monitored action is invoked or not; and increasing available resources by selectively deactivating an application which is controlled by the control point according to the determination result. Accordingly, the resources of the UPnP device can be effectively managed. | 12-25-2008 |
20080320469 | METHOD OF RECEIVING/TRANSMITTING EVENT MESSAGE, CONTROLLED DEVICE, AND CONTROL POINT - A selective event message receiving method is provided, in which an application is installed in a controlled device (CD) by using a network, a start message which includes a parameter specifying at least one service included in the application and requests a start of the application is transmitted to the CD, and an event message that represents a state change of the at least one service specified by the parameter is received from the CD. Accordingly, the application can be efficiently managed by selectively recognizing state changes of some services of interest from among the services included in the application. | 12-25-2008 |
20090007225 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENSURING SECURITY OF REMOTE USER INTERFACE SESSION USING OUT-OF-BAND COMMUNICATION - A method and apparatus for ensuring security of a session. In the method, a first client selects a user interface related to a process in need of security from among user interfaces related to predetermined contents provided from a first server, and a first client or a second client communicates directly with a second server operated by a contents provider to perform the process in need of security and notifies the first server of the performing result. Thus, it is not required to transmit/receive security information via the first server. | 01-01-2009 |
20090150975 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING INTERNET GATEWAY SERVICE USING PLURALITY OF UNIVERSAL PLUG AND PLAY INTERNET GATEWAY DEVICES - Provided is a Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) Internet Gateway Device (IGD). A plurality of IGDs existing in a UPnP network interchange IGD information that is managed in order to provide a gateway service with each other, and thus the bandwidth of a device connected to the Internet can be increased, handover of a device can be successfully performed in the presence of an error of an IGD, and loads can be balanced between a plurality of IGDs. Accordingly, various Internet services can be efficiently provided to the UPnP device. | 06-11-2009 |
20090158238 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING API SERVICE AND MAKING API MASH-UP, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM THEREOF - The present invention provides an open application program interface (API) service. A method of providing the API service includes generating meta-data for executing an API, generating resource data for generating a mash-up of the API, generating description data corresponding to the API, the meta-data, and the resource data, and generating an API package comprising the API, the meta-data, the resource data, and the description data. Accordingly, mash-up contents can be easily generated from various types of APIs. | 06-18-2009 |
20090193148 | METHOD OF CREATING MASHUP APPLICATION - Provided is a method of creating a mashup application in a host device in communication with a peer device by sharing remote services. The method includes discovering a second device that uses a middleware remote service sharing mechanism within a network, wherein a mashup framework of a first device performs the discovering; analyzing functionalities of the first device and the second device, and determining one of the first device and the second device as a host device and the other of the first device and the second device as the peer device; transmitting a list of available mashup combinations to the host device, wherein the peer device performs the transmitting; and selecting a mashup combination that is to be formed from the list, wherein the host device performs the selecting. | 07-30-2009 |
20090198998 | Method and apparatus of ensuring security of communication in home network - Provided are a method and apparatus to ensuring communication security between a control apparatus and a controlled apparatus in a home network. The control apparatus in the home network establishes a registration Secure Authenticated Channel (SAC) with the controlled apparatus by using a Transport Layer Security Pre-Shared Key ciphersuites (TLS-PSK) protocol implemented by using a Product Identification Number (PIN) of the controlled apparatus input from a user, shares a private key with the controlled apparatus via the registration SAC, and uses services of the controlled apparatus via a service SAC established by using the TLS-PSK protocol implemented by using the shared private key to easily implement a framework ensuring communication security in the home network. | 08-06-2009 |
20090210488 | REMOTE USER INTERFACE PROXY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PROCESSING USER INTERFACE COMPONENTS THEREOF - Provided is a proxy apparatus having an embedded remote user interface client (RUIC) and an embedded remote user interface server (RUIS) that transmits a UI component received from an external RUIS or session information of the UI component to an external RUIC. Thus, a user can use contents of a remote user interface server (RUIS) with a new RUIC while maintaining a session state between the external RUIS and an existing RUIC. Since the UI components, prohibited from being forwarded by the external RUIS, are not forwarded to the new RUIC, the contents policy, which corresponds with the business needs of contents providers, can be ensured. | 08-20-2009 |
20090235243 | Method and apparatus for managing software lifecycle in home network - Provided is a method of efficiently managing a software lifecycle of a controlled device, wherein the method is performed by a controller device in a home network. According to the method, the controller device requests the controlled device to change the software lifecycle only when a predetermined condition is satisfied. Accordingly, the controller device efficiently uses software according to characteristics thereof in the home network. | 09-17-2009 |
20100040211 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING A CALL ON A HOME NETWORK - A system and method for transmitting/receiving a call on a home network. When a request for call transmission/reception is made, a CP selects a target electronic device to/from which to transmit/receive a call from among at least one electronic device, establishes a connection for call transmission/reception between a terminal and the selected target electronic device, and controls the call transmission/reception between the terminal and the selected target electronic device. | 02-18-2010 |
20100042233 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING INPUT IN HOME NETWORK USING UPnP - A method is provided for providing input in a home network using Universal Plug and Play (UPnP). A control point sends a request for information about input capabilities to an electronic device existing in the home network, and receives the information about the input capabilities in response to the request. The control point sets an input client and an input server based on the received information about the input capabilities. The control point transmits input data received through the set input client to the set input server. | 02-18-2010 |
20100049965 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROTECTING PERSONAL INFORMATION IN A HOME NETWORK - A method for protecting personal information in a home network is provided, in which a controlled device receives a subscribe request for a service of the controlled device, from a control point, and accepts the subscribe request. The controlled device receives information about the control point from the control point, and performs event delivery to the control point according to a policy that is set based on the information about the control point, when an event occurs in the controlled device. | 02-25-2010 |
20100067872 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PLAYING BACK SCENE USING UPnP - A method and apparatus for playing back a scene using Universal Plug and Play (UPnP). A control point sends a request for a scene to be played back to a media server that stores Audio/Video (AV) content and receives the scene to be played back from the media server in response to the request. The control point receives information about supportable protocol and file format from a media renderer that will play back content, and determines a content resource, a protocol and a file format to be used for playback based on the information. The control point composes a scene to be played back based on the received scenes. The media renderer plays back the composed scene. | 03-18-2010 |
20100094954 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RESOLVING IP ADDRESS COLLISION IN REMOTE ACCESS SERVICE - A method is provided for resolving a collision of Internet Protocol (IP) addresses between devices connected to a first server and a second server remotely accessed in a Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) remote access service. The second server receives address information of a network of the first server from the first server. The second server compares address information of a network of the second server with the received address information of the network of the first server, and determines whether a collision has occurred between addresses of the first server and the second server. A collided address is changed when the collision has occurred. | 04-15-2010 |
20100095356 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SETTING UP SECURITY FOR CONTROLLED DEVICE BY CONTROL POINT IN A HOME NETWORK - A system and method for setting up security of a controlled device by a control point in a home network are provided, in which authority to perform a function intended by a user is acquired through authentication between the control point and the controlled device, a security channel is created for performing the function, and a credential setting used by the user is synchronized among controlled devices in the home network. | 04-15-2010 |
20100250663 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ACCESSIBLE HOME NETWORK INFORMATION IN REMOTE ACCESS ENVIRONMENT - Provided is an apparatus and method for providing accessible home network information regarding one or more home networks that can be accessed from a remote access (RA) environment. The apparatus includes a channel-creation module which creates a communication channel via which an RA client and an in-home RA server can communicate with each other; an information-management module which issues a request for capability information, a credential list and a profile list to each of the RA client and the in-home RA server; and an information-generation module which generates channel-creation information for creating a communication channel between the RA client and the in-home RA server based on the capability information. | 09-30-2010 |
20100269107 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR NOTIFYING ERROR INFORMATION IN A NETWORK - Method and application server for providing an asynchronous error notification from an application server to an application server controller in a network is provided. The method at the application server includes generating an error message when an error occurs at/during Open Service Gateway initiative (OSGi) framework runtime. The method also includes converting the error message as a Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) event. Moreover, the method includes providing the UPnP event comprising error information to the application server controller. The application server includes a receiver configured to receive a command from an application server controller to install an application in an Open Service Gateway initiative (OSGi) framework available at the application server. The application server also includes a processor configured to generate an error message when an error occurs during installation of the application in the framework and convert the error message as a Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) event. Moreover, the application server includes a transmitter configured to provide the UPnP event comprising the error information to the application server controller. | 10-21-2010 |
20110085648 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING A CALL ON A HOME NETWORK - A system and method for transmitting/receiving a call on a home network. When a request for call transmission/reception is made, a CP selects a target electronic device to/from which to transmit/receive a call from among at least one electronic device, establishes a connection for call transmission/reception between a terminal and the selected target electronic device, and controls the call transmission/reception between the terminal and the selected target electronic device. | 04-14-2011 |
20110087788 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING MULTIPLE INPUTS OF USERS OF A HOME NETWORK - Disclosed is a method and apparatus for processing multiple inputs from a plurality of users in a home network. A control point requests electronic devices in the home network to transmit input capability information, receives the input capability information as a response to the request from the electronic devices, and performs session setup using the input capability information by determining a receiver for receiving input signals and at least two senders for sending input signals. The control point transmits input signals transmitted by the at least two senders to the receiver. | 04-14-2011 |
20110093525 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROFILING REMOTE USER INTERFACE - Provided are a network system and method for profiling a remote user interface (RUI), and more particularly, a network system and method for performing optimal RUI profile matching between an RUI client and an RUI server in order for optimal service adaptation for various contents based on composite capabilities/preference profiles (CC/PP). | 04-21-2011 |
20110222529 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR STORING SESSION INFORMATION IN UNIVERSAL PLUG AND PLAY TELEPHONY SERVICE - A method, system and apparatus are provided for storing session information in a home network of an UPnP telephony service. The method is performed at a Telephony Server (TS). The method receives a request from a Telephony Control Point (TCP) to store session information while the session is in progress. The session information includes a session status and session related media. The method then divides the session information into meta information and session control information. Thereafter, the method stores the session information in a memory of the TS. | 09-15-2011 |
20140237135 | METHOD OF SYNCHRONIZING A PLURALITY OF CONTENT DIRECTORY DEVICE (CDS) DEVICES, CDS DEVICE, AND SYSTEM - Provided is a method and system for synchronizing a plurality of content directory service (CDS) devices in a home network environment. The method of synchronizing the plurality of CDS devices of a home network, which includes the plurality of CDS devices and a control point (CP), comprises (a) requesting a first CDS device among the plurality of CDS devices to start synchronization using the CP; (b) performing the synchronization with a second CDS device among the plurality of CDS devices using the first CDS device; (c) selecting a third CDS device from the plurality of CDS devices and requesting the third CDS device to start synchronization with the first CDS device or the second CDS device using the CP; and (d) performing the synchronization with the first CDS device or the second CDS device using the third CDS device. | 08-21-2014 |
20140313091 | SLOT-TYPE AUGMENTED ANTENNA - The present invention relates to an augmented antenna capable of operating in a wider frequency band, and receiving and reradiating radio signals. The augmented antenna includes radiation patterns formed using a plurality of radiation slots having multiple coupling regions. The radiation patterns are symmetrically connected and impedance-matched to transmit and receive radio signals, thereby improving a radio wave propagation environment. | 10-23-2014 |