Patent ID: 8683078
Filing Date: 2014-03-25
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A system for Quality of Service (QoS) control for remote access to universal plug and play (UPnP) devices, comprising: a remote electronic device including a UPnP control point; a gateway in a private network, the gateway comprising a QoS management agent and a proxy; and a UPnP electronic device in the private network, the UPnP electronic device coupled to the QoS management agent, the proxy examines UPnP control and eventing messages in and out of the private network, and intercepts invocation messages to the QoS management agent, and further translates a local URL in the message to a URL that is accessible by the UPnP control point over the communication link; the proxy and the QoS management agent further establish a QoS path from the UPnP electronic device to the gateway internally in the private network, and not visible out of the private network, and the proxy reroutes messages intended for the UPnP electronic device in the QoS management agent, wherein the QoS management agent in turn issues messages to the UPnP electronic device, wherein the UPnP control point further establishes a communication link with the gateway via the proxy and access the UPnP electronic device in the private network over the communication link via the proxy.