Patent ID: 8125894

Claim:
Remote management method for use in a home network, wherein the home network is a LAN network having a plurality of devices and a Routing Gateway, said Routing Gateway being coupled to each device of said plurality of devices, an Auto-Configuration Server being coupled to said Routing Gateway via one of an Internet or a private network connection and managing a dedicated device of said plurality of devices and said Routing Gateway, said method comprising: in response to receiving a request by one of the plurality of devices to be managed, forwarding, by the Routing Gateway, to the one of the plurality of devices an identity of the Auto-Configuration Server and said Routing Gateway, wherein the one of the plurality of devices is a special device the Auto-Configuration Server is not configured to manage; sending, by the special device, a request for being managed and said identity of the Auto-Configuration Server and said Routing Gateway to a further Auto-Configuration Server, the Auto-Configuration Server and the further Auto-Configuration Server being dedicated servers; requesting, by the further Auto-Configuration Server, said Auto-Configuration Server to access and configure said Routing Gateway for providing said further Auto-Configuration Server access to said Routing Gateway; and configuring, by said Auto-Configuration Server, said Routing Gateway to provide said further Auto-Configuration Server access to said Routing Gateway, wherein the configuring allows the further Auto-Configuration Server to remotely manage the special device.