Patent ID: 9673992
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L

Claim:
1. A method for operating a home network, where a functional command is generated responsive to a user action of a second user, which is configured to execute an assigned function in a network station, wherein user data is made available for the second user activating the functional command, an individual user identification is derived from the available user data and assigned to the functional command, the method comprising: transferring the functional command including the assigned user identification for the second user over the network to the network station, assigning an identifier to an audio/video data play back or audio/video data recording process, said identifier having been assigned to said audio/video data play back or audio/video data recording process by the time a first user has preprogrammed said audio/video data playback or audio/video data recording process, wherein the functional command includes a control command for controlling said preprogrammed audio/video data playback or audio/video data recording process, and upon executing the functional command, verifying in said network station whether the identifier is assigned to the preprogrammed audio/video data playback or audio/video data recording process, wherein the verification includes a comparison of the user identification for the second user with said identifier, wherein the preprogrammed audio/video data playback or audio/video data recording process is locked, until the preprogrammed audio/video data playback or audio/video data recording process is carried out, and therefore cannot be modified by execution of the functional command if the user identification for the second user does not match the identifier assigned to the preprogrammed audio/video data playback or audio/video data recording process.