Patent ID: 7783771

Claim:
A network communication device comprising: a universal plug and play (UPnP) interface for transmitting and receiving information related to one or more associated devices connected to an associated local area network, wherein at least a portion of the associated local area network utilizes a UPnP protocol and the network communication device is registered on the associated local area network by obtaining a first unique address in the associated local area network; an Internet Protocol multimedia subsystem (IMS) interface for transmitting and receiving information related to an associated electronic equipment registered to an associated wide area network, wherein at least a portion of the associated wide area network utilizes an IMS protocol and the network communication device is registered on the associated wide area network by obtaining a second unique address in the associated wide area network; and circuitry communicatively coupled to the UPnP interface and the IMS interface, wherein when a request for information is received from the associated electronic equipment for access to one or more of the associated devices on the associated local area network, authenticating the request by one or more associated devices on the associated local area network, wherein a UPnP session key related to the request for information wherein the UPnP session key is generated by one or more associated devices on the associated local area network, the circuitry associates the UPnP session key with an associated electronic equipment to establish a communication session between the one or more associated devices and the associated electronic equipment and the circuitry provides network address translation to facilitate communication between the one or more associated devices on the associated local area network and the one or more associated electronic equipment on the associated wide area network.