Patent ID: 8788888
Filing Date: 2014-07-22
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of controlling play-out of a media content from a control point of a UPnP network, said media content being delivered from a media server to a remote rendering device, wherein the method comprises the following steps to be executed at the control point: establishing a UPnP remote access connection between the control point and the remote rendering device; invoking a UPnP action at the remote rendering device; initiating a subscription of a state variable at the remote rendering device; starting a timer, which will indicate a time that has elapsed since the initiation of the subscription; determining a result of the UPnP action as successful when a predefined state variable transition is recognized prior to expiry of a time-out value of the timer, and the result of the UPnP action as failed when a predefined state variable transition has not been recognized upon expiry of the time-out value; and providing a notification of the result of the UPnP action to a user interface.