Method for controlling services

An electronic device, the electronic device comprising a processor arranged to:

• perform a first action to control a service available over a network;
• analyze the first action;
• extract information from the first action;
• create a first data object representing the first action;
• transmit the first data object over the network to a third electronic device for storage in a data object list that is maintained by the third electronic device;
• and
• in response to a second electronic device in the network performing a second action based on the first data object, allow the second electronic device to control the service based on the first data object that was transmitted, so as to transfer control of the service from the first electronic device to the second electronic device.

A computer program product having stored thereon a computer program for transferring control of a service provided over a network from a first electronic device to a second electronic device, the computer program comprising computer executable instructions that when executed on a processor cause the processor to perform the steps of:

• performing, by the first electronic device a first action to control the service;
• in response to performing the first action to control the service, creating, by the first electronic device, a first data object representing the first action;
• transmitting the first data object from the first electronic device over the network to a third electronic device for storage in a data object list that is maintained by the third electronic device;
• and
• performing, by the second electronic device, a second action to control the service based on the first data object, so as to transfer control of the service from the first electronic device to the second electronic device.