Patent ID: 7933999

Claim:
A method for controlling an HAVi device ( 20 ) in an HAVi network using a device control module ( 13 ) on an OSGi platform, where the HAVi network has a messaging system ( 16 ), a registry, a stream manager, an event manager, a resource manager, an HAVi device ( 20 ) and a DM leader ( 10 ), characterized in that the DM leader ( 10 ) in the HAVi network uses a DM client ( 12 ) with parallel and synchronous operation on the OSGi platform to search for available device control modules ( 13 ) on the OSGI platform and records device control modules ( 13 ) which are available within the OSGi platform as device control modules which are available within the HAVi network, a recorded device control module ( 13 ) is selected by the DM leader ( 10 ), this selected device control module ( 13 ) registers with the HAVi messaging system ( 16 ) and with the registry of the HAVi network for the purpose of controlling the HAVi device ( 20 ), and is allocated a software element identification (SEID), and the HAVi device ( 20 ) is controlled by the OSGi platform's device control module ( 13 ) registered in the HAVi network.