Patent ID: 8661114

Claim:
Method of discovery of an offering of digital services offered to clients of a local area network, said local area network being connected to a digital service delivery network via a gateway, wherein it comprises the following steps, being carried out by a local service discovery and selection proxy hosted on any device of the local area network: an internal discovery step of collecting first information on digital services offered by clients of the local area network; an external discovery step of collecting second information on digital services offered by the digital service delivery network from a distant service discovery server; a step for aggregating the collected first and second information collected respectively in the internal and external discovery steps into an aggregated service offering; a step for providing said aggregated service offering to said clients of the local area network, an address of the local service discovery and selection proxy being obtained by said clients of the local area network through launching of a domain name system (DNS) request specifying the domain name of the local area network, the gateway being configured to respond to said domain name system request by giving the address of the local service discovery and selection proxy, and wherein the gateway is configured to intercept requests including DNS requests from devices in the local area network except from the device hosting the local service discovery and selection proxy and provide the local service discovery and selection proxy address, said local service discovery and selection proxy configured to perform said internal and external discovery steps.