Configuration recommendation for a home device

A for providing a configuration recommendation to a first home device of a plurality of home devices in a home network, the method comprising the steps of:

• detecting, at a multimedia gateway connected to the home devices, a change in the first home device,
• sending, from the gateway to a home device con-figuration recommender, data indicative of the change,
• requesting and receiving, at the home device configuration recommender and from a home device capability database, data representing capabilities of the home devices,
• comparing, at the home device configuration recommender, the data representing capabilities with the data indicative of the change, for determining a suitable configuration recommendation for the first home device, and
• sending, from the home device configuration recommender via the multimedia gateway to the first home device, data representing the suitable configuration recommendation.

A computer system for providing a configuration recommendation to a first home device of a plurality of home devices in a home network, the system being configured to:

• detect, at a multimedia gateway connected to the home devices, a change in the first home device,
• send, from the gateway to a home device configuration recommender, data indicative of the change,
• request and receive, at the home device configuration recommender and from a home device capability database, data representing capabilities of the home devices,
• compare, at the home device configuration recommender, the data representing capabilities with the data indicative of the change, for determining a suitable configuration recommendation for the first home device, and
• send, from the home device configuration recommender via the multimedia gateway to the first home device, data representing the suitable configuration recommendation.

A computer readable medium having stored thereon a computer program having software instructions which when run in a computer system cause the system to, perform the steps of:

• detecting, at a multimedia gateway connected to the home devices, a change in the first home device,
• sending, from the gateway to a home device configuration recommender, data indicative of the change,
• requesting and receiving, at the home device configuration recommender and from a home device capability database, data representing capabilities of the home devices,
• comparing, at the home device configuration recommender, the data representing capabilities with the data indicative of the change, for determining a suitable configuration recommendation for the first home device, and
• sending, from the home device configuration recommender via the multimedia gateway to the first home device, data representing the suitable configuration recommendation.