Patent ID: 7200683

Claim:
A method for providing user interfaces in a first network including first devices interconnected via a communication medium and at least one interface device connecting said first network to at least a second network providing services, comprising the steps of: in one or more devices in the first network: (a) obtaining information from one or more of said first devices currently connected to the first network, said information including device information comprising graphical user interface information for user interaction with that device; and (b) generating a graphical user interface description based on the graphical user interface information, the graphical user interface description including: (1) at least one reference associated with the device information of each of said one or more first devices, and (2) at least one reference associated with the services provided by the second network; wherein the graphical user interface description allows displaying a graphical user interface to a user for controlling the devices that are currently connected to the first network and furnishing services of the second network, via the graphical user interface.