Patent ID: 8526352
Filing Date: 2013-09-03
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of controlling at least one entity of a remote source network from a local network, the method comprising: a step of executing by an appliance connected to the local network, a software module integrating a roaming relay module, which is configured to communicate with a source relay module, executed by an appliance of the remote network and serves as a communication relay in relation to the at least one entity; a step of implementing a discovery mechanism during which the roaming relay module is recognized as a contents server of the local network, a step of reception by the roaming relay module via a control interface, complying with a first protocol usable to control the entity from the remote network, of a first request, and a step of sending from the roaming relay module to the source relay module a second request to be converted by the source relay module into at least one third request complying with the first protocol.