Patent ID: 8214534

Claim:
An apparatus for outputting an event of a third party device in a home network, comprising: a remote user interface (RUI) client which takes part in a user interface (UI) session using a universal plug and play (UPnP) remote protocol; an RUI server comprising a memory and which takes part in the UI session, judges whether the RUI client is available to the home network, and stores and transmits an event message of the third party device that does not take part in the UI session; and an i-box which receives the event message from the RUI server if the RUI client is not available to the home network, and transmits the event message to the RUI client existing outside the home network by using an external network, wherein the RUI client comprises an i-box registration module which registers URL information of the i-box to which the event message is to be transmitted by the RUI server if the RUI client leaves the home network.