Method for activating a service operated in a local communication network, method for processing a request to wake up an item of equipment connected to the local network and configured to implement said service, method for requesting activation of a service, corresponding devices, gateway, equipment, user terminal, system and computer programs

1 . A method of processing a request for activation of a service operated by a local communication network managed by a gateway to access a remote communication network, wherein the method is implemented by the gateway and comprises:

receiving a request for activation of at least service from a user terminal connected to the gateway, the request comprising at least one user identifier;

verifying a user's authorization to activate the at least one service of the network from access rights stored in memory in association with the user identifier;

obtaining, from a service identifier, at least one identifier of at least one resource of the local network to be invoked in order to execute the service; and

checking an activation state of the at least one resource, and

when the at least one resource is in a standby state, transmitting a wake-up message to the at least one resource.

2 . The method of processing a service activation request according to claim 1 , wherein, when the at least one resource is an item of equipment of the local network, distinct from the gateway, configured to manage the service, the method comprises, following the waking up of the item of equipment, transmitting a command for performing at least one action to activate the service, receiving connection information of the user terminal to the item of equipment, and transmitting the information to the user terminal of the connection information.

3 . The method of processing a service activation request according to claim 1 , wherein, when several resource identifiers are associated with the service identifier, the method further comprises obtaining a service configuration script defining a time sequence of actions to be performed by the resources and, following the waking up of the resources and their connection to the gateway, ordering the resources to perform the actions in accordance with the script.

4 . The method of processing a service activation request according to claim 1 , wherein the method comprises transmitting to the user terminal a request to select a service identifier from a plurality of service identifiers provided by the local network and authorized by the access rights stored in memory in association with the user identifier.

5 . A processing circuit comprising a processor and a memory, the memory storing program code instructions of a computer program for executing the method according to claim 1 , when the computer program is executed by the processor.

6 . A method of processing a wake-up request from a gateway to access a remote network, the gateway being configured to manage a local network, wherein the method is implemented by an item of equipment connected to the local network and comprises:

upon receipt of a wake-up message from the gateway, activating at least one human/machine interface for managing services operated by the item of equipment;

receiving a command from the gateway for at least one action to be performed to activate at least one service requested by a user terminal; and

performing the at least one action, comprising when the action to be performed is to activate for a user the at least one service implemented by the item of equipment:

transmitting, to the gateway, connection information to the at least one human/machine interface;

upon receipt of a connection request on the interface from the user terminal connected to the gateway:

verifying that the user is authorized to access the at least one service from access rights stored in a memory in association with a user identifier comprised in a request for activation of the at least one service,

obtaining, from a service identifier, at least one identifier of at least one resource of the local network to be invoked in order to execute the service,

checking an activation state of the at least one resource, and

when the at least one resource is in an inactive state, transmitting the wake-up message to the at least one resource.

7 . A method of requesting activation of a service operated by a local communication network managed by a gateway to access a remote communication network, wherein the method is implemented by a user terminal connected to the gateway and comprises:

transmitting a request for activation of a service to the gateway, the request comprising at least one user identifier used by the gateway to verify a user's authorization to activate the service;

receiving connection information to an item of equipment connected to the local network and configured to implement the service;

transmitting a connection request to the item of equipment comprising the connection information; and

receiving, from the item of equipment, a confirmation of complete execution of the service.

8 . The method of requesting activation of a service according to claim 7 , wherein the method comprises a selection of a service from a plurality of services authorized for the user terminal.

9 . A device for processing a request for activation of a service operated by a local communication network managed by a gateway to access a remote communication network, wherein the device is configured to implement at the gateway:

receiving a request for activation of a service from a user terminal connected to the gateway via the remote communication network, the request comprising at least one user identifier;

verifying a user's authorization to activate the service from access rights stored in a memory in association with the user identifier;

obtaining, from a service identifier, at least one identifier of at least one resource of the local network to be invoked in order to execute the service;

checking an activation state of the resource; and

when the at least one resource is in an inactive state, transmitting a wake-up message to the at least one resource.

10 . A device for processing a wake-up request from a gateway to access a remote network, the gateway being configured to manage a local network, wherein the device is configured to implement at an item of equipment connected to the local network:

upon receipt of a wake-up message from the gateway, activating at least one human/machine interface for managing services operated by the item of equipment;

receiving a command from the gateway for at least one action to be performed to activate at least one service requested by a user terminal; and

performing the at least one action, comprising when the action to be performed is to activate for a user a service implemented by the item of equipment:

transmitting, to the gateway, connection information to the at least human/machine interface;

upon receipt of a connection request on the interface from the user terminal connected to the gateway:

verifying that the user is authorized to access the at least one service from access rights stored in a memory in association with a user identifier comprised in a request for activation of the at least one service,

obtaining, from a service identifier, at least one identifier of at least one resource of the local network to be invoked in order to execute the service,

checking an activation state of the at least one resource and,

when the at least one resource is in an inactive state, transmitting the wake-up message to the at least one resource.

11 . A device for requesting activation of a service operated by a local communication network managed by a gateway to access a remote communication network, wherein the device is implemented by a user terminal connected to the gateway and is configured to:

transmit a request for activation of a service to the gateway, the request comprising at least one user identifier used by the gateway to verify a user's authorization to activate the service;

receive connection information to an item of equipment connected to the local network and configured to implement the service;

transmit a connection request to the item of equipment comprising the connection information; and

receive, from the item of equipment, a confirmation of complete execution of the service.

12 . A system for managing a request for activation of a service operated by a local communication network received from a user terminal connected to a gateway, wherein the system comprises the gateway to access a remote communication network and configured to manage the local communication network, wherein the gateway comprises a third device for processing a request for activation of the service operated by the local communication network, wherein the third device is configured to implement at the gateway:

receiving the request for activation of a service from the user terminal connected to the gateway via the remote communication network, the request comprising at least one user identifier;

verifying a user's authorization to activate the service from access rights stored in a memory in association with the user identifier;

obtaining, from a service identifier, at least one identifier of at least one resource of the local network to be invoked in order to execute the service;

checking an activation state of the at least one resource; and

when the at least one resource is in an inactive state, transmitting a wake-up message to the at least one resource;

wherein the user terminal comprises a first device for requesting activation of the service operated by the local communication network managed by the gateway, wherein the first device is implemented by the user terminal connected to the gateway and is configured to:

transmit the request for activation of the service to the gateway, and

receive a confirmation of execution of the service,

the terminal being configured to issue the request for activation of the service, and

an item of equipment connected to the local communication network wherein the item of equipment comprises a second device for processing the wake-up request from the gateway to access the remote communication network, wherein the second device is configured to implement at the item of equipment connected to the local communication network:

upon receipt of the wake-up request from the gateway, activating at least one human/machine interface for managing services operated by the item of equipment;

receiving a command from the gateway for at least one action to be performed to activate a service requested by the user terminal; and

performing the at least one action.