Patent ID: 8443123

Claim:
A universal plug and play (UPnP) control point based on a UPnP network, comprising: a memory unit for storing a configuration file for allowance or denial of a connection with a UPnP device before a UPnP service connection; a communication unit for communicating with the UPnP device on the UPnP network; a control unit for transmitting a simple service discovery protocol (SSDP) search request to the UPnP device through the communication unit, when an SSDP response corresponding to the SSDP search request is received from the UPnP device, the SSDP response including UPnP device information, the control unit determining whether or not to allow the connection with the UPnP device that transmits the SSDP response by matching the UPnP device information with either allowed UPnP device information in the configuration file or denied UPnP device information in the configuration file; and an interface unit for performing the UPnP service connection with the UPnP device of which connection is allowed based on the determined result of the control unit.