Patent ID: 8516078

Claim:
A method for transferring a file from a home network to Wide Area Network (WAN) user device using a Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) telephony service, the method performed at a Telephony Server (TS) comprising the steps of: receiving a request from a Telephony Control Point (TCP) to start a file transfer session, wherein the request comprises file information, and wherein the TCP and the TS are in the home network; establishing the file transfer session using a messaging service based on the request and the file information received in the request from the TCP; fetching the file from the TCP and storing the file in the TS; sending an invite to the WAN user device for initiating the file transfer session from the home network to the WAN user device; and transferring the file to the WAN user device when an acknowledgment of the invite is received from the WAN user device.