Patent ID: 8780891

Claim:
A method that can be used by a first home gateway to supply at least one first terminal connected to that gateway with information for accessing at least one multimedia service offered by at least one remote terminal connected to a second home gateway, said gateways being connected by a telecommunications network, the method comprising: setting up a Voice over IP session between a terminal connected to said first gateway and a terminal connected to said second gateway; said first gateway receiving multimedia capabilities of the at least one remote terminal connected to said second gateway using a signaling protocol of said Voice over IP session; said first gateway determining as a function of said multimedia capabilities the at least one multimedia service offered by said remote terminal; and said first gateway supplying only each first terminal which has the multimedia capabilities to access said at least one multimedia service with information necessary for setting up with said remote terminal a multimedia session implementing said multimedia service, wherein: said first gateway collects the multimedia capabilities of each first terminal; said first gateway determines, based on a comparison of the multimedia capabilities of each first terminal with the multimedia capabilities of said at least one remote terminal, which of said first terminals can access said at least one multimedia service; and said first gateway constructs a data aggregation structure based on the results of said comparison, wherein said data aggregation structure includes in association with each of said first terminals said necessary information for setting up a multimedia session with said remote terminal if the multimedia capabilities of said first terminal allow it.