Patent ID: 7548960

Claim:
An in-home multimedia service system, comprising: a home network; a UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) AV (audio/video) device connected to said home network; and a home gateway connected to said UPnP AV device via said home network, connectable to a remote multimedia service provider via an external network, and comprising a service gateway platform for providing a multimedia service from the remote multimedia service provider to the UPnP AV device; wherein the home gateway further comprises: an external multimedia service bundle communicable with the remote multimedia service provider; a UPnP AV control point for detecting a change in number and/or kind of the UPnP AV device through the UPnP protocol and notifying the external multimedia service bundle of the detected change; and a virtual UPnP AV MediaServer service bundle updatable by the remote multimedia service provider based on the detected change forwarded from the external multimedia service bundle to the remote multimedia service provider.