Method and apparatus for providing remote device with service of universal plug and play network
A universal plug and play remote access architecture is provided. A remote access server device can perform a service level access control with respect to a service request of a remote access client device by extending a device level filter used for a remote access discover agent Config service that is provided by the remote access server device to a service level.
1. A method of communicating between a remote access server device and a remote access client device in a universal plug and play network, the method comprising:
analyzing an identifier of the remote access client device and a type of requested action based on a control message received from the remote access client device;
comparing the analyzed information with predetermined filtering information;
selectively forwarding the control message to a corresponding device of the universal plug and play network based on the comparison result; and
receiving the filtering information from a management console of the universal plug and play network through a message for requesting a predetermined action of a remote access discovery agent Config service,
wherein the predetermined action provides an interface for setting an access control filter that is applied to a remote access discovery agent of the remote access server device to the management console.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining whether a message that is received from the remote access client device is a control message.
3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the determining is performed by referring to an hypertext transfer protocol header of the received message.
4. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having embodied thereon a computer program for executing the method of claim 1 .
5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the filtering information is input by a user through a user interface of the management console.
6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the filtering information is set by a user.
7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the control message is selectively forwarded to the corresponding device if the type of requested action is allowed.
8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the predetermined filtering information includes service level filtering information.
9. A remote access server device, which communicates with a remote access client device, comprising:
a control message analyzer which analyzes an identifier of the remote access client device and a type of requested action based on a control message that is received from the remote access client device;
a comparator which compares the analyzed information with predetermined filtering information;
a transmitter which selectively forwards the service control message to a corresponding device of the universal plug and play network based on the comparison result; and
a receiver receiving the filtering information from a management console of the universal plug and play network through a message for requesting a predetermined action of a remote access discovery agent Config service,
wherein the predetermined action provides an interface for setting an access control filter that is applied to a remote access discovery agent of the remote access server device to the management console.
10. The remote access server device of claim 9 , further comprising a determiner which determines whether a message that is received from the remote access client device is a control message.
11. The remote access server device of claim 10 , wherein the determiner determines the type of message by referring to a hypertext transfer protocol header of the received message.
12. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having embodied therein a computer program for causing a computer to execute a method of communicating between a remote access server device and a remote access client device in a universal plug and play network, the program including computer executable instructions for performing steps comprising:
analyzing an identifier of the remote access client device and a type of requested action based on a control message received from the remote access client device;
receiving predetermined filtering information from a management console of the universal plug and play network through a message for requesting a predetermined action of a remote access discovery agent Config service;
comparing the analyzed information with the predetermined filtering information; and
selectively forwarding the control message to a corresponding device of the universal plug and play network based on the comparison result; and
providing, via the predetermined action, an interface for setting an access control filter that is applied to a remote access discovery agent of the remote access server device to the management console.
13. The computer readable medium having stored therein a program as defined in claim 12 , the program further comprising determining whether a message that is received from the remote access client device is a control message.
14. The computer readable medium having stored therein a program as defined in claim 13 , the program further comprising performing the determining by referring to an hypertext transfer protocol header of the received message.