Patent ID: 8509817

Claim:
A method in a UPnP control point device to effectuate actions in other UPnP devices within a UPnP environment, comprising: detecting specific activity, the specific activity comprising at least placing a telephone call; determining whether there is an action to be performed within the UPnP environment in response to the specific activity; and when there is an action to be performed within the UPnP environment in response to the specific activity, using a UPnP control point interface associated with the UPnP control point device to communicate one or more instructions to at least one of the other UPnP devices within the UPnP environment in accordance with the action to be performed, the at least one other UPnP device being included in a register of UPnP devices being controlled by the UPnP control point device; and adding an indication of the one or more instructions to a list of one or more actions communicated to at least one of the UPnP devices included in the register of UPnP devices being controlled by the UPnP control point device.