Patent ID: 9009255
Filing Date: 2015-04-14
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of extending a Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) network area, the method comprising: registering, by a transmission-side remote access agent in a first UPnP network, a plurality of transmission channels for transmitting data; receiving, by the transmission-side remote access agent, event request messages each including access information regarding a UPnP apparatus from a plurality of UPnP apparatuses located in a transmission-side network; storing, by the transmission-side remote access agent, access information included in the received event request messages, which cannot be used in a registered channel of a reception-side network in a second UPnP network; and converting, by the transmission-side remote access agent, the event request message to be used in the registered transmission channels, and transmitting the converted event request message to the reception-side network different from the transmission-side network.