Patent ID: 6968376
Filing Date: 2005-11-22
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A home gateway apparatus connected via ports to a plurality of intra-home terminal devices installed in a home network, the home gateway apparatus comprising: an external interface unit to a plurality of external terminals on an external network; an internal interface unit to the plurality of intra-home terminal devices on the home network; a management table memory for storing, corresponding to port numbers, at least target management information and a sending destination address of the intra-home terminal devices connected to the ports; a management information memory for storing, corresponding to the port numbers and the sending destination addresses, the management information of the intra-home terminal device acquired from the intra-home terminal device, based on a management table stored in the management table memory; and a management information control unit for acquiring the management information of the intra-home terminal device connected to each port to store the acquired management information in the management information memory, according to the target management information stored in the management table, and sending a specified management information to the external terminal, according to the sending destination address stored in the management table.