Patent ID: 8516109

Claim:
A method used by an access session server to obtain information relating to a terminal of a local network, said access session server being adapted to provide information relating to an access session of the terminal to an access network; wherein the information obtaining method comprises, on reception of an information request relating to a terminal belonging to a local network comprising at least the terminal and a device for access to the access network originating from an application server: sending an interrogation request including an identifier of the access device of said local network to an auto-configuration server said autoconfiguration server being adapted to configure at least one item of equipment of said local network; in response to said interrogation request, receiving a message from the auto-configuration server, said message including information relating to a local environment of said terminal, said information relating to a local environment of said terminal comprising configuration parameters for at least one item of equipment of said local network, and providing said information relating to a local environment to the application server.