Patent ID: 8914870
Filing Date: 2014-12-16
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A gateway for providing a remote Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) node access to a UPnP network via at least one external network, wherein the gateway comprises: means for creating a virtual UPnP node for emulating internal presence of the remote UPnP node on the UPnP network, wherein the virtual UPnP node is arranged to: obtain and store security information associated with the remote UPnP node, wherein the security information specifies how the remote UPnP node is authorized to interact with other UPnP nodes in the UPnP network; and filter messages received from the other UPnP nodes in the UPnP network using the security information such that only the received messages which (1) relate to the other UPnP nodes that the remote UPnP node is authorized to interact with and relate to actions that the remote UPnP node is authorized to perform or (2) relate to services that the remote UPnP node has been authorized to perform are forwarded through the at least one external network to the remote UPnP node.