Patent ID: 8561147

Claim:
A method for managing remote access to a device connected to a local network, the method comprising: instructing a network managing device to create permission information regarding at least one local device connected to the local network, wherein the permission information is for determining whether the at least one local device can be accessed from a remote device not included in the local network, and wherein the permission information includes at least an identifier of a user, a unique identifier for the at least one local device, a parameter designating either permission or refusal of external access of the at least one local device or connection information for connecting to the at least one local device; and instructing the network managing device to search the created permission information for first permission information regarding a first device of the at least one local device when a request for access to the first device is received by the network managing device from the remote device, wherein the network managing device determines whether to allow the access to the first device according to the first permission information, and wherein the remote device is connected with the first device using the connection information upon determining to allow the access to the first device.