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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2006
Che-uk Kim, Seoul, KR;
Che-uk Kim, Seoul, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A method and apparatus provide an external device with a local service provided by a home network device in a home network. An OSGi gateway generates a WSDL document by using information about a local service provided by the home network device and distributes the WSDL document to allow the external device to call the local service by using a web service. In response to receiving a SOAP message from the external device, the local service in the home network is called in the home network. A response message to the local service calling is converted into an SOAP message, and the SOAP message is transmitted to the external device. Accordingly, the home network device can provide the home network device service to the external device through the web service without directly installing web service associated functions therein.