US 11,784,844 B2
Method and device for managing content consumption in an extended home network
Emmanuel Gouleau, Chatillon (FR); and Jean-Bernard Leduby, Chatillon (FR)
Assigned to Orange, Issy-les-Moulineaux (FR)
Filed by Orange, Issy-les-Moulineaux (FR)
Filed on Jun. 18, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/352,119.
Prior Publication US 2021/0399914 A1, Dec. 23, 2021
Int. Cl. H04L 12/28 (2006.01)
CPC H04L 12/2816 (2013.01) [H04L 12/2834 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
6. A management method of managing an extended home network, said extended home network comprising a main home network for which a user has taken out a subscription to services with a communication network operator and at least one secondary network, corresponding to a local communication network visited by the user, said at least one secondary network comprising at least one piece of equipment adapted to execute at least one application based on a uniform resource locator address, said uniform resource locator address enabling said at least one piece of equipment to access, via the operator's communication network, at least one piece of data enabling the execution of said at least one application on said at least one piece of equipment, said method comprising:
receiving, via said main home network, a request to associate said at least one piece of equipment from said secondary network with said at least one application;
storing a list of equipment from the secondary network in association with said at least one application;
receiving a request to launch said at least one application, from a terminal, via the secondary network, said request comprising said identifier of said at least one application,
providing to said terminal, on reception of said launch request, said list of equipment; and
receiving, from said terminal, an identifier of one piece of equipment from said list.