Patent ID: 8375143

Claim:
Method of transcoding of content stored on a first server within an UPnP network having at least one first server, at least one UPnP renderer and at least one UPnP control point, comprising the steps of: browsing content directory services of the at least one first server to determine the available content and the available encodings of the content, determining the rendering capabilities of the at least one renderer, comparing the rendering capabilities of the at least one renderer with the available content and the available encoding of the content according to the content directory service of the at least one first server, and updating at least part of the content directory service of the at least one first server according to the results of the comparison of the rendering capabilities of the at least one renderer and the available content and encodings of the content of the content directory service of the at least one first server, wherein the step of updating comprises: adding at least one of an additional resource element and an additional content relating to an encoding of the available content into the content directory service of the at least one first server if the content directory service of the at least one first server does not contain a required encoding of the available content to enable a rendering on the at least one renderer.