Patent ID: 8738389

Claim:
A method in a communication device for automated device and service configuration of a plurality of non-Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) devices located in a vehicle, the method comprising the steps of: discovering the plurality of non-Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) devices using the communication device, wherein the communication device comprises a gateway, registering the plurality of non-UPnP devices in a device database of the communication device, establishing, within the communication device, a UPnP vehicle profile of the vehicle from the plurality of non-UPnP devices and obtained status information of the plurality of non-UPnP devices, and sending, by the communication device, a vehicle registration to an IP multimedia subsystem network, wherein the vehicle registration comprises a user identity and the UPnP vehicle profile of the vehicle, wherein the UPnP vehicle profile identifies a discoverable Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) device defined by aggregating the plurality on non-UPnP devices, wherein device properties, service descriptions and status information of the plurality of non-UPnP devices are part of a UPnP service description of the discoverable UPnP device.