Method for bridging a HAVi partial network and a UPnP partial network and apparatus for performing the method

摘要

The invention concerns methods for bridging a HAVi sub-network and a UPnP sub-network. For making UPnP devices available to the HAVi sub-network, the following steps are implemented: discovering UPnP devices and/or services on the UPnP sub-network and corresponding to a selection criterion; declaration, by a sub-network bridging device, of each discovered UPnP device as a HAVi DCM and of each discovered UPnP service as a HAVi FCM on the HAVi sub-network. For making HAVi devices available to the UPnP sub-network, the following steps are implemented: discovering HAVi software elements of the HAVi sub-network corresponding to a selection criterion; representing, in a sub-network bridging device, each of said discovered elements by a UPnP proxy service identified by a port number attributed by said sub-network bridging device; and announcing each said proxy services on the UPnP sub-network. The invention also concerns a device for implementing the above steps. IMAGE