Patent ID: 6523696
Filing Date: 2003-02-25
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
A communication control device connected with first and second networks, comprising:a collecting unit configured to collect first network service information of service providing devices connected with the first network, the first network service information being readable by using a first protocol depending on the first network; a notifying unit configured to notify second network service information equivalent to the first network service information collected by the collecting unit to a device connected with the second network, as information on services provided on the second network by the communication control device, the second network service information being readable by using a second protocol not depending on the first network, such that the device connected with the second network that receives the second network service information from the communication control device recognizes services indicated by the second network service information as services provided by the communication control device on the second network; a receiving unit configured to receive a second protocol packet for controlling at least one of the service providing devices connected with the first network, from said device connected with the second network; and a control unit configured to control said at least one of the service providing devices specified by the second protocol packet, according to the first protocol.