Patent ID: 8122103

Claim:
A method for controlling a multimedia player by a mobile terminal, the multimedia player being able to store within the player multimedia contents and/or to playback multimedia contents stored within the multimedia player, the mobile terminal and the multimedia player being connected to a communications network, wherein the method comprises the following steps: the mobile terminal sends to a remote server, through the communications network, at least one request for controlling the multimedia player to execute at least one command belonging to the group comprising: a PLAY command for playing back at least one multimedia content stored within the multimedia player and a STOP command for stopping playback of the multimedia content; the remote server translates said at least one request of the mobile terminal into at least one query and transmits said at least one query to the multimedia player through the communications network; the multimedia player receives and executes said at least one query; a first authentication enabling the remote server to authenticate the mobile terminal and comprising the following steps: an access network, through which the mobile terminal is connected to the communications network, certifies an identifier of the mobile terminal; and the remote server receives the identifier of the mobile terminal certified by the access network; and a second authentication enabling the multimedia player to authenticate the remote server, and comprising the following steps: the remote server maintains a table which associates, with the identifier of the mobile terminal, an identifier of the multimedia player, an address at which the multimedia player can be contacted within the communications network and an access key to the multimedia player; and from the identifier of the mobile terminal certified by the access network, the remote server retrieves the address and the access key in the table, links up with the multimedia player by using the address, and implements a process of authentication based on the access key.