Patent ID: 8402108

Claim:
A system for providing a web page having a home network function, the system comprising: a plurality of universal plug and play (UPnP) devices forming a UPnP network; and a first UPnP device from among the plurality of UPnP devices, the first UPnP device comprising a web browser having a control point that controls one or more of the other UPnP devices from among the plurality of UPnP devices, the control point comprising, a user interface unit to manage an interface for a user on the web page displayed through the web browser; a discovery unit to discover the one or more other UPnP devices; and a control unit to control a service provided by an UPnP device selected from among the discovered other UPnP devices, wherein at least one of the one or more other UPnP devices comprises a function not defined by UPnP standards, and the control point is configured to control the function not defined by UPnP standards without performing a software or firmware update.