Patent ID: 8176343

Claim:
A method for preparing information for power management of devices on a network, the method comprising: receiving, by a first application, a name and a network address from each of a plurality of power management servers on the network; creating, by the first application, a power management server list; checking whether an address identical to the received network address is registered in a device list created by a second application; and updating the power management server list if the address identical to the received network address is registered in the device list such that information in the device list is added to the power management server list, wherein the information in the device list to be added to the power management server list comprises a user friendly name assigned to an audio-video (AV) device, wherein the user friendly name is associated with the address identical to the received network address and registered in the device list, wherein updating the power management server list comprises adding the user friendly name in association with a network address in the power management server list that is identical to the received network address, wherein the first application is a first control point for invoking an action for power management to the plurality of power management servers, wherein the second application is a second control point for invoking an action to AV devices on the network, and wherein the first control point and the second control point are installed in a Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) device.