Patent ID: 8307093
Filing Date: 2012-11-06
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for establishing communication between a Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) control point and a UPnP device over a wide area communications network, the method comprising: contacting a third party over the wide area communications network to obtain contact information; accessing the contact information by the UPnP control point, receiving a machine identifier corresponding to the UPnP device from the third party that pre-provisions a list of machine identifiers including the machine identifier, the list of machine identifiers indicating UPnP devices that the authorized user is authorized to access; constructing a network address based on the machine identifier corresponding to the UPnP device; contacting the UPnP device over the wide area communications network at the network address to establish a network link in accordance with a UPnP protocol; and invoking a service offered by the UPnP device over the network link.