Multimedia service apparatus and method for multimedia service providers outside home to UPnP devices inside home using home gateway and service gateway platform

A multimedia service apparatus for multimedia service providers outside home to UPnP (universal plug and play) devices inside home using a home gateway and a service gateway platform, the apparatus comprising:

• a UPnP AV (audio/video) device connected to a home network and supporting a UPnP AV structure;
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• a gateway device for managing a UPnP AV control point bundle in the service gateway platform, the UPnP AV control point bundle collecting and transmitting information on the UPnP AV device to an external multimedia service bundle through a service call of a service bundle or other ways.

A multimedia service method for multimedia service providers outside home to UPnP (universal plug and play) devices inside home using a home gateway and a service gateway platform, the method comprising the steps of:

• constructing a virtual UPnP AV (audio/video) MediaServer service bundle suitable to a current home network environment and a provided content, on the basis of UPnP AV device information of a home network from an external multimedia service bundle;
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• downloading the service bundle to the home gateway and managing the service bundle in the service gateway platform to provide a multimedia service to the UPnP AV device inside home.

A multimedia service method for multimedia service providers outside home to UPnP (universal plug and play) devices inside home using a home gateway and a service gateway platform, the method comprising the steps of:

• constructing an attribute of a virtual UPnP AV (audio/video) MediaServer suitable to a current home network environment and a provided content, on the basis of UPnP AV device information of a home network from an external multimedia service bundle;
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• transmitting the attribute to the external multimedia service bundle of the home gateway to allow the external multimedia service bundle to generate and manage a virtual UPnP AV MediaServer service bundle in the external multimedia service bundle, thereby providing a multimedia service from a network outside home to the UPnP AV device inside home.

A multimedia service method for multimedia service providers outside home to UPnP (universal plug and play) devices inside home using a home gateway and a service gateway platform, the method comprising the steps of:

• transmitting a content of the most suitable format from the multimedia service provider outside home to a designated port of an external network interface of the home gateway, on the basis of transmitted information and a request of a virtual UPnP AV (audio/video) MediaServer service bundle of the home gateway;
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• transmitting the content from a virtual UPnP AV MediaServer service bundle to an allocated port of a home network interface, to perform content transmission.