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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2005
Network communication device for universal plug and play and internet multimedia subsystems networks
Brett A. Pantalone, Pittsboro, NC (US);
Brett A. Pantalone, Pittsboro, NC (US);
Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, Lund, SE;
Abstract
A device and method for seamlessly internetworking local area networks utilizing the Universal Plug and Play protocol with wide area networks utilizing the Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem architecture. The network communication device includes a universal plug and play (UPnP) interface and an Internet Protocol multimedia subsystem (IMS) interface. Circuitry is communicatively coupled to the UPnP interface and the IMS interface, wherein the circuitry associates an UPnP session key with an associated electronic equipment for allowing communication between the one or more associated devices and the associated electronic equipment.