FR3089372A1 - Method and device for managing a home network. - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a device and a method for managing a home network comprising at least one device suitable for executing at least one application from a resource location address, said resource location address enabling said equipment to access, via a communication network, at least one datum allowing the execution of said at least one application on said equipment. Such a home network management device is configured to: - store a list of applications comprising at least one identifier of said at least one application, said identifier being associated with said resource location address, - receive a request to launch said at least one application, originating from a terminal, via the home network, said request comprising said identifier of said at least one application, - supplying, to said equipment or said terminal, via the home network, said resource location address associated with said identifier. Figure for the abstract: Figure 5

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Title of the invention: Method and device for managing a home network.

1. Field of the invention [0002] The invention relates to the management of a home network connected to a data communication network, such as the Internet. The invention relates more particularly to the management of the launch of multi-screen applications within a home network.

2. Prior Art [0004] Today there are applications for smartphones (for smart phones in English) which make it possible to launch via the smartphone applications or services, to which a user has subscribed, on other equipment of the 'user. For example, most Internet service operators who provide a TV service to their subscriber provide them with applications to install on a mobile terminal (smartphone, tablet, etc.) which allow them to launch a TV service on a second screen , typically a television or a decoder connected to the home gateway, via the mobile terminal.

Another example is the launch of viewing videos broadcast by a video sharing platform, for example YouTube, on a multimedia gateway, for example a Google ChromeCast key or a key provided with a TV decoder, connected to a display device, for example a television or a video projector. To launch such a service, the user installs a control application on his mobile terminal which allows him to request the launch of the video at the multimedia gateway.

[0006] Depending on the case, the implementation of such services requires the installation on the mobile terminal of an application which will be referred to hereinafter as a control application. Such a control application transmits to the equipment which is to execute the service or the application to be executed, an identifier of the application or of the service to be executed.

The equipment in question then retrieves a URL (for Uniform Resource Locator in English) associated with this identifier. This URL then allows him to access the service and obtain the content to be displayed. The equipment which must execute the service or the application to be executed is generally called second equipment or second screen because it is distinct from the terminal, here mobile terminal, used to request / control the execution of the application or service.

According to the prior art, an application to be executed is associated with a URL and an item of equipment on which the application is to be executed (second item of equipment).

The number of applications to run, i.e. of services provided to users, on a second device is constantly increasing, as is the number of devices available in the home environment of a user to run these applications.

Indeed, the generalization of Internet access via Fiber offers users more bandwidth of the Internet network and allows them to use more and more Internet services, especially on different household equipment. It turns out that a home environment can then include a large number of home equipment requiring an Internet connection and that the network blocking point is now located at the user's home network and sometimes even at his home network. 'access.

The development of the various service offers mentioned above in a decentralized manner, ie each control application communicates with the equipment for which it has been defined, does not allow these services to be controlled within the domestic environment. of the user. This can impact the quality of service provided to the user if the local network is congested due to too many bandwidth requests for example. In addition, there is no centralized control at the user level (access rights, parental control for example).

3. Presentation of the invention The invention improves the state of the art. To this end, it proposes a device for managing a home network comprising at least one item of equipment suitable for executing at least one application from a resource location address, said resource location address allowing said equipment to access , via a communication network, to at least one data allowing the execution of said at least one application on said equipment. Such a management device is configured to:

- storing a list of applications comprising at least one identifier of said at least one application, said identifier being associated with said resource location address, [0015] - receiving a request to launch said at least one application, coming from a terminal, via the home network, said request comprising said identifier of said at least one application, [0016] - supplying, to said equipment or said terminal, via the home network, said resource location address associated with said identifier .

According to the invention, a device for managing the home network of a user is proposed. Advantageously, such a management device centralizes the information necessary for the execution of the applications capable of being executed by equipment of the domestic environment and controlled via a terminal of the user.

In particular, the management device centralizes the resource location addresses making it possible to obtain the data necessary for the execution of the application. For example, in the case of a VOD application, the resource location address provides access to audiovisual content, for example content recorded in the network at the request of the user, or to a web page allowing select audio-visual content from a catalog. Other examples of data are possible, as are other examples of applications.

Thanks to the invention, the management of the launch of such applications is centralized at the management device, for example included in the home gateway. Such centralization allows more flexibility to control the launch of available applications, for example to authenticate or authorize the launch of an application.

Indeed, according to the prior art, a request to launch an application is transmitted from the terminal directly to the equipment which must execute the application, and therefore does not control this launch.

In addition, the home network management device according to the invention makes it possible to ensure more security and confidentiality for the user. Indeed, according to the invention, the launch requests and the provision of the URL are made via the home network. Thus, no information concerning the available applications or the available equipment is transmitted outside the home network. On the contrary, according to the prior art, for certain services provided by third-party providers, other than the operator with which the user is subscribed, requests to launch an application are transmitted to a server of the third-party provider outside the home network.

According to a particular embodiment of the invention, the device for managing a home network is also configured for:

- store a list of equipment in the home network in association with said at least one application, - provide, to said terminal, on receipt of said launch request, said list of equipment, [0025] - receive , from said terminal, an identifier of said equipment.

According to this particular embodiment of the invention, the home network management device returns to the user the list of household equipment on which the application can be executed. The user can then select the desired equipment.

According to this particular embodiment of the invention, the execution of the application is no longer linked to a single piece of equipment. The use of a centralized management device allows the discovery of the various devices and the update of the availability and compatibility of these devices for the execution of the application.

According to another particular embodiment of the invention, the list of equipment of the home network associated with said at least one application is updated upon receipt of a notification of registration of new equipment. in the home network as a function of information on the capacities of said new equipment included in the registration notification. This particular embodiment of the invention provides the advantage that the management device has a list of equipment connected to the home network and capable of executing the application which is always up to date.

For example, such capacity information can correspond to a format of audio-visual content supported or not, for example a particular compression standard, or a 4K format support, or else a network quality parameter for example a minimum speed available on the home network for launching a video, or any other parameter.

According to another particular embodiment of the invention, a separate resource location address is associated with at least two separate devices from the list of devices associated with said at least one application.

According to this particular embodiment of the invention, the URL is a function of the equipment or the type of equipment capable of executing the application.

According to another particular embodiment of the invention, the device for managing a home network is further configured to check whether said equipment is authorized to execute said application, said resource location address being supplied to said equipment. by the home network management device if said equipment is authorized to execute said application. According to this particular embodiment of the invention, before launching the execution of the application on the equipment, the management device implements an authorization check. For example, such a control can make it possible to control the rights of access of the user to the service of the requested application, or else to apply a parental control with respect to the requested application or the use of the targeted equipment, or even to check whether the home network has the speed necessary to allow the equipment to execute the requested application.

According to another particular embodiment of the invention, the list of equipment associated with an application can be determined as a function of information of equipment preference associated with the application or with a group of applications and provided by the user for example.

The invention also relates to a domestic gateway comprising a management device according to any one of the particular modes described above.

The invention also relates to equipment placed in a communication network and comprising resources dedicated to the home network of the subscribed user with an operator of the communication network. Such equipment includes a management device according to any one of the particular modes described above. For example, the resources dedicated to the user's home network are part of the user's home network and make it possible to define an extended home network of the user (Virtual Home Network in English).

The invention also relates to a method for managing a home network comprising at least one piece of equipment suitable for executing at least one application from a resource location address, said resource location address enabling said equipment to 'Access, via a communication network, to at least one data allowing the execution of said at least one application on said equipment. Such a method includes:

- receiving a request to launch said at least one application, from a terminal, via the home network, said request comprising said identifier of said at least one application, [0038] - storing d 'a list of applications comprising at least one identifier of said at least one application, said identifier being associated with said resource location address, [0039] - the supply, to said equipment or to the terminal, via the home network, of said resource location address associated with said identifier.

According to a particular embodiment of the invention, the method further comprises:

- the storage of a list of equipment in the home network in association with said at least one application, - the supply, to said terminal, on receipt of said launch request, of said list of equipment, - reception, from said terminal, of an identifier of said equipment.

According to another particular embodiment of the invention, the method for managing a home network further comprises:

- receiving a notification of registration of new equipment in the home network comprising information on the capacities of said new equipment, - updating the list of equipment in the home network associated with said at least one application as a function of said information of capacities of said new equipment.

According to another particular embodiment of the invention, the method for managing a home network also comprises:

- checking whether said equipment is authorized to execute said application, - said resource location address being supplied to said equipment by the home network management device if said equipment is authorized to execute said application.

The invention also relates to a computer program comprising instructions for the implementation of the above method according to any one of the particular embodiments described above, when said program is executed by a processor. The method can be implemented in various ways, in particular in wired form or in software form.

This program can use any programming language, and be in the form of source code, object code, or intermediate code between source code and object code, such as in a partially compiled form, or in n ' any other desirable form.

The invention also relates to a recording medium or information medium readable by a computer, and comprising instructions of a computer program as mentioned above. The recording media mentioned above can be any entity or device capable of storing the program. For example, the support may include a storage means, such as a ROM, for example a CD ROM or a microelectronic circuit ROM, or else a magnetic recording means, for example a hard disk. On the other hand, the recording media can correspond to a transmissible medium such as an electrical or optical signal, which can be routed via an electrical or optical cable, by radio or by other means. The programs according to the invention can in particular be downloaded from a network of the Internet type.

Alternatively, the recording media can correspond to an integrated circuit in which the program is incorporated, the circuit being adapted to execute or to be used in the execution of the process in question.

4. List of Figures Other characteristics and advantages of the invention will appear more clearly on reading the following description of particular embodiments, given by way of simple illustrative and nonlimiting examples, and annexed drawings, among which:

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FIG. 1 illustrates an implementation environment making it possible to launch a multi-screen application in a home network according to the prior art, [0057] [fig.2]

FIG. 2 illustrates an environment for implementing the method of managing a home network according to a particular embodiment of the invention, [0058] [fig.3]

FIG. 3 illustrates steps in the method of managing a home network according to a particular embodiment of the invention, [0059] [fig.4]

FIG. 4 illustrates steps of the method for managing a home network according to another particular embodiment of the invention, [fig.55]

FIG. 5 illustrates a device for managing a home network according to a particular embodiment of the invention.

5. Description of an embodiment of the invention [0062] Figure 1 illustrates an example of an implementation environment for launching a multi-screen application in a home network according to the prior art .

We call multi-screen application, an application that can be launched on different audio-visual equipment. For this, each audio-visual device has its own application / url correspondence table for launching the application. For example, such a correspondence table is based on the DIAL protocol. The URL associated with the multi-screen application allows the audio-visual equipment receiving a launch command to obtain the data of the multi-screen application for the execution of the multi-screen application. For example, in the case of a multi-screen application for viewing video content, the URL provides access to the video content.

The environment illustrated in Figure 1 includes in particular a domestic RDOM network implemented by a domestic gateway PAS connected to an operator's R_EXT data communication network. The R-DOM home network includes a certain number of home equipment connected to the R_D0M home network of the PAS home gateway, and in particular:

- a multimedia gateway PM, for example an HDMI or MHL multimedia key, connected to the domestic gateway NOT by wire or WiLi and connected to a TV screen, for example a television, and suitable for executing a multi-screen application on receipt of a launch request from a dedicated APP1 control application installed on a terminal, for example the mobile terminal UI of FIG. 1, [0066] - a connected TVC connected to the domestic gateway NOT wired or in WiLi, and suitable for executing a multi-screen application on receipt of a launch request from a dedicated APP3 control application installed on the UI terminal, a DEC decoder connected to the domestic gateway PAS wired or WiLi and to a TV screen ', the DEC decoder being adapted to execute a multi-screen application on receipt of a launch request from a dedicated APP2 control application installed on the UI terminal.

For example, in order to launch (cast in English), the reading of a video by the multimedia gateway PM on the TV screen, the user uses his mobile terminal UI on which he has for example installed the application APP1 dedicated to this service. At the user's request, the APP1 application communicates with the multimedia gateway PM to request the launch of the video. The PM multimedia gateway then retrieves a URL allowing access to the video. The video content is transmitted by a multimedia server S_AV, via the communication network R_EXT, the home gateway PAS and the home network R_DOM to the multimedia gateway PM, in order to be displayed via the TV screen.

According to other examples, a similar mechanism can be implemented to execute multi-screen applications respectively on domestic equipment DEC and TVC.

It thus appears that according to the prior art, when launching a multi-screen application, each application is managed independently via a dedicated control application (APP1, APP2, APP3) installed on a terminal. In other words, it is the control application (APP1, APP2, APP3) itself which decides on its launch, at the request of the user, and on the equipment on which to run the application, the PM multimedia gateway in the example described here.

When the home network includes several pieces of equipment making it possible to launch multi-screen applications, and these applications are each launched without any control, for example without control of the bandwidth available within the home network, the quality of service of the home network may be degraded, without explanation to the user.

In addition, each audiovisual equipment (PM, DEC, TVC) has its own correspondence table associating with a multi-screen application a URL address allowing access to the data of the multi-screen application. It is therefore not possible to launch a particular multi-screen application on other audio-visual equipment than the audio-visual equipment with which it has been associated.

FIG. 2 illustrates an environment for implementing the method for managing a home network according to a particular embodiment of the invention. The implementation environment comprises the same elements as those presented in relation to FIG. 1. According to the invention, it also comprises a home network management device configured to implement the home network management method according to any of the particular embodiments of the invention described below. In particular, such a device is configured to store a list of multi-screen applications each associated with a resource location address (URL), to receive a request to launch a multi-screen application, originating from a terminal of the home network, for example the mobile terminal UI, via the home network, and supplying equipment of the home network (PM, TVC, DEC) or the mobile terminal UI with the URL enabling the multi-screen application to be launched.

In the example described here, the home network management device is included in the home gateway PAS.

In other particular embodiments of the invention, the home network management device can be included in other equipment of the home network.

According to the particular embodiment described here, when a user wishes to launch a multi-screen application, the user uses an APP application not specific to the targeted multi-screen application but specific to the home network management device according to the invention. For example, the user installed the APP application on their mobile terminal UI. At the user's request, the APP application communicates with the PAS home gateway to request the launch of the desired multi-screen application, for example by selecting the multi-screen application from a list displayed by the APP application. The domestic gateway PAS is responsible for obtaining the URL allowing access to the desired multi-screen application. The domestic gateway PAS has a correspondence table associating for each multi-screen application available on a device of the home network, a resource location address URL allowing access on the R_EXT communication network to the data of the multi application. - screens.

According to a particular embodiment of the invention, the domestic gateway PAS also has, for each multi-screen application, a list of equipment of the home network on which the multi-screen application can be executed. According to this particular embodiment of the invention, the domestic gateway asks the user, via the UI terminal, on which domestic equipment the requested multi-screen application must be executed.

According to another particular embodiment of the invention, the domestic gateway PAS checks whether the requested multi-screen application can be launched on multimedia equipment. For example, for certain multi-screen applications, the PAS home gateway has an API (for Application Programmable Interface) allowing access to a rights server associated with the multi-screen application and checks whether the access rights from the user to the multi-screen application are valid. For example, the domestic gateway PAS checks, via a user identifier provided by the operator with which the user is subscribed, whether the user is authorized to access the multi-screen application: for example if his subscription with the operator allows it, or in the case of paid access, if its subscription with the operator authorizes access to paid applications ...

In another example, the domestic PAS gateway implements a parental control policy. For example, it checks, from the identity of the user of the terminal UI which is then included in the request to launch the multi-screen application, if this user is authorized to access the requested multi-screen application, depending on the time, for example, or if the user is authorized to use the audio-visual equipment requested.

When the domestic gateway PAS has obtained the URL of the requested application, possibly depending on the audio-visual equipment on which the multi-screen application is to be launched, the URL is transmitted either directly to the equipment audiovisual, or to the UI terminal which supplies it to the audio-visual equipment.

The content of the application is then transmitted to the audio-visual equipment, on request thereof to the URL received, for example by the multimedia server S_AV, via the communication network R_EXT, the home gateway PAS and the home network R_D0M.

The principle of the invention is described here in the case of a multi-screen application. However, the principle of the invention also applies to any other application or service that can be launched via a control application installed on a terminal, the execution of which is deported to other equipment of the home network.

FIG. 3 illustrates steps of the method for managing a home network according to a particular embodiment of the invention. The method for managing a home network is implemented by a device for managing a home network, for example included in the home gateway PAS.

The method comprises an initialization phase E30 during which the device for managing a home network stores, during a step E31, a correspondence table associating multi-screen applications with a location address resource URL allowing audio-visual equipment to access, via the communication network, for example R_EXT of FIG. 1, the data allowing the execution of the multi-screen application on said audio-visual equipment.

For example, the correspondence table can be provided by the operator with which the user is subscribed. According to another example, the correspondence table is created and updated when an audio-visual device associated with a multi-screen application registers on the home network R_D0M.

During step E30, each multi-screen application stored includes an identifier associated with a URL. By default, each multi-screen application is associated with audiovisual equipment from the R_D0M home network. This audiovisual equipment can be associated by default by the operator or by the user, or even when the audio-visual equipment is registered on the home network.

According to a particular embodiment of the invention, during a step E32 of the initialization phase E30, for each multi-screen application of which an identifier is stored in the home network management device, a list home network audio-visual equipment on which the multi-screen application can be run is stored.

During a step E33, the home network management device receives a request to launch a multi-screen application, originating from the terminal UI, via the home network R_D0M. The RI launch request notably includes an identifier for the multi-screen application.

According to a particular embodiment of the invention, during a step E34, the home network management device transmits to the terminal UI the list of audio-visual equipment associated with the requested multi-screen application. The user of the UI terminal can thus select the desired audio-visual equipment. For example, if the user has requested the launch of a Video-on-demand application, and the management device has memorized the following list of audio-visual equipment compatible with this application: the DEC decoder, the television connected TVC, the multimedia gateway PM in Figure 2, the user can choose one of the audio-visual devices presented.

As a variant, the user can choose several audio-visual equipment, for example in the case of the same audio-visual content viewed in different rooms, or else of an online game accessed by two users of the network. domesticated.

According to this particular embodiment of the invention, during a step E35, the home network management device receives, from the terminal UI, an identifier of the selected audio-visual equipment.

According to another particular embodiment of the invention, when the home network management device does not store a list of audio-visual equipment associated with an application, the audio-visual equipment associated by default with the The multi-screen application is selected by the home network management device.

According to a particular embodiment of the invention, during a step E36, the home network management device checks whether the selected audio-visual equipment is authorized to execute the requested multi-screen application.

For example, a parental control policy can be implemented. In this case, the launch request RI also includes an identifier provided by the user of the terminal UI making it possible to identify whether the user is authorized to launch the multi-screen application, or to use the selected audio-visual equipment. for example.

In another example, access rights to the requested multi-screen application are verified. The access rights can be of different natures, for example, they can correspond to the rights of access to the application of the user starting from his identifier, or to the rights of access to the content according to the profile of the user, or the right of access to the quality of coding according to the characteristics of the audio-visual equipment or the available bit rate.

In another example, the home network management device checks whether the bandwidth of the home network is sufficient to allow execution of the requested multi-screen application without impacting the other services provided by the home network already in Classes. If this is not the case, the home network management device can implement a service management policy as a function for example of a priority associated with the services and the multi-screen applications. Thus, if the multi-screen application has priority over other current services on the home network, the management device can end these services, or reduce their quality to allow the execution of the multi-screen application. requested.

If it is verified that the selected audio-visual equipment is not authorized to execute the requested multi-screen application, the procedure for launching the application ends during a step E37. In this case, the home network management device informs the terminal UI that it is not possible to launch the requested multi-screen application.

If it is verified that the selected audio-visual equipment is authorized to execute the requested multi-screen application or if no control is implemented, during a step E38, the device for managing home network obtains the URL associated with the requested multi-screen application from its correspondence table.

According to a particular embodiment of the invention, the URL also depends on the audio-visual equipment selected. For example, a URL may be associated with particular formats which are more suitable for certain types of audiovisual equipment than other types of audio-visual equipment. For example, for the same audio-visual content, it is possible to use an audio-visual content transport protocol, or a coding of the audio-visual content or a different DRM protection solution depending on the audio equipment. visual.

During a step E39, the home network management device transmits the URL obtained to the selected audio-visual equipment, or else to the terminal UI.

FIG. 4 illustrates steps of the method for managing a home network according to another particular embodiment of the invention. According to this particular embodiment of the invention, the list of multi-screen applications and audiovisual equipment available to execute these multi-screen applications is updated each time that an audio-visual equipment is connected to the home network of the domestic gateway PAS.

Thus, the method described in relation to FIG. 3 further comprises a step E40 during which a notification of registration of an audio-visual equipment in the home network is received by the home gateway PAS.

In the case where the management device is distinct from the domestic gateway, the notification of registration of the audio-visual equipment is transmitted by the domestic gateway to the management device.

Such a registration notification includes information on the capabilities of the audio-visual equipment that issued the notification. This capacity information enables the home gateway to know which multi-screen applications the audio-visual equipment is able to execute. For example, the capacity information can indicate an identifier of a multi-screen application, or else a type of audio-visual equipment, for example a version of an operating system of the audio-visual equipment or an identifier of a type of audio-visual equipment, or else of the characteristics of the screen or the speakers of the audio-visual equipment. From the type of audio-visual equipment, the home gateway PAS can thus determine which multi-screen applications can be executed by this audio-visual equipment, for example by referring to a database listing the multi-screen applications compatible with a type of audio-visual equipment.

During a step E41, for each multi-screen application of which an identifier is stored in the domestic gateway PAS, the list of audio-visual equipment of the home network associated with this multi-screen application is updated by function of the information on the capabilities of the audio-visual equipment which registers in the home network.

FIG. 5 illustrates the simplified structure of a DISP device for managing a home network according to a particular embodiment of the invention. Such a device for managing a home network is configured to implement the method for managing a home network according to any one of the particular embodiments of the invention described above.

According to a particular embodiment of the invention, the DISP device has the conventional architecture of a computer and in particular comprises a memory MEM, a processing unit UT, equipped for example with a processor PROC, and controlled by the computer program PG stored in memory MEM. The computer program PG includes instructions for implementing the steps of the method for managing a home network as described above, when the program is executed by the processor PROC.

At initialization, the code instructions of the computer program PG are for example loaded into a memory before being executed by the processor PROC. The processor PROC of the processing unit UT implements in particular the steps of the method for managing a home network according to any one of particular embodiments described in relation to FIGS. 3 or 4, according to the instructions of the program PG computer.

The MEM memory is configured to store a list of multi-screen applications that can be executed by audio-visual equipment from the home network. Such a list includes an identifier of a multi-screen application associated with a resource location address (URL) allowing access to the data of the multi-screen application.

According to a particular embodiment of the invention, the memory MEM is also configured to store a list of audio-visual equipment of the home network in association with at least one multi-screen application from the list.

According to a particular embodiment of the invention, a multi-screen application can be associated with several separate URLs which are a function of the audiovisual equipment which is capable of executing it. Thus, for the same multi-screen application, separate URLs are associated with at least two audio-visual equipment distinct from the list of audio-visual equipment associated with the multi-screen application.

According to a particular embodiment of the invention, the DISP device comprises a COM communication module configured to establish communications with an IP network, and / or a home gateway.

In particular, the COM communication module allows the DISP device to receive data relating to a multi-screen application executed by audio-visual equipment from the home network (DEC, PM, TVC in FIG. 2). For example, such a multi-screen application can be an audio-visual service.

According to a particular embodiment of the invention, the COM communication module also allows the DISP device to receive information for updating access rights to a multi-screen application, for example from a server of a supplier of the multi-screen application, and / or an update of the list of multi-screen applications stored and of the associated URLs. Such update information can be received in notification mode (push mode in English) or else in synchronization mode in response to a request from the DISP device (pull mode in English).

According to a particular embodiment of the invention, the DISP device comprises a communication port C_UI capable of establishing a communication link with interaction devices and receiving control signals relating to an audio-visual service or a multi-screen application to be run by audiovisual equipment from the home network. For example, such a communication port allows the DISP device to receive a command to launch a multi-screen application from the mobile terminal UI of FIG. 2 and to communicate with it.

The DISP device also includes communication ports (not shown) allowing the DISP device to communicate with audiovisual equipment of the home network, and in particular to transmit to them a URL making it possible to launch a multi-screen application on such audio equipment. -visual.

For example, such communication ports can correspond to Ethernet ports, USB socket, Bluetooth module, NFC, Infrared, WIFI, etc.

According to a particular embodiment of the invention, the DISP device described above is included in a domestic gateway PAS.

According to a particular embodiment of the invention, the DISP management device is included in an item of equipment of the operator's network with which the user is subscribed, for example in the case of an extended home network, also known as Virtual Home Network in English. According to this particular embodiment of the invention, storage and possibly processing resources in the operator's communication network (resources in the Cloud in English) are dedicated to the user. Such resources are part of the user's home network and are used to define a user's extended home network.

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Claims [Claim 1] Device for managing a home network, said home network comprising at least one device suitable for executing at least one application from a resource location address, said resource location address allowing said equipment to access, via a communication network, with at least one piece of data allowing the execution of said at least one application on said equipment, the management device is configured to: memorize a list of applications comprising at least one identifier of said at least one application, said identifier being associated with said resource location address, - receive a request to launch said at least one application, from a terminal, via the home network, said request comprising said identifier of said at least one application, - providing, to said equipment or to said terminal, via the home network, said resource location address associated with said identifier. [Claim 2] Device for managing a home network according to claim 1, configured for, in addition: - store a list of equipment in the home network in association with said at least one application, - supply, to said terminal, on receipt of said launch request, said list of equipment, - receive, from said terminal, an identifier of said equipment. [Claim 3] Home network management device according to claim 2, in which the list of equipment of the home network associated with said at least one application is updated upon receipt of a notification of registration of new equipment. in the home network as a function of information on the capacities of said new equipment included in the registration notification. [Claim 4] Device for managing a home network according to claim 2, in which a separate resource location address is associated with at least two devices that are distinct from the list of devices associated with said at least one application. [Claim 5] A home network management device according to any of claims 1 to 4, further configured to verify whether said equipment is authorized to execute said application, said location address resource being provided to said equipment by the home network management device if said equipment is authorized to execute said application. [Claim 6] Domestic gateway comprising a management device according to any one of claims 1 to 5. [Claim 7] Equipment placed in a communication network and comprising resources dedicated to a home network of a subscribed user with a communication network operator, said equipment comprising a management device according to any one of claims 1 to 5. [Claim 8] Method for managing a home network, said home network comprising at least one device suitable for executing at least one application from a resource location address, said resource location address allowing said equipment to access, via a communication network, with at least one piece of data allowing the execution of said at least one application on said equipment, the method comprises: - receiving a request to launch said at least one application, from a terminal, via the home network, said request comprising said identifier of said at least one application, memorizing a list of applications comprising at least one identifier of said at least one application, said identifier being associated with said resource location address, - the supply, to said equipment or to the terminal, via the home network, of said resource location address associated with said identifier. [Claim 9] A method of managing a home network according to claim 8, further comprising: - storing a list of equipment in the home network in association with said at least one application, - the supply, to said terminal, on receipt of said launch request, of said list of equipment, - reception, from said terminal, of an identifier of said equipment. [Claim 10] Method for managing a home network according to claim 9, further comprising: - the receipt of a notification of registration of new equipment in the home network including information on [Claim 11] [Claim 12] capabilities of said new equipment - updating the list of equipment in the home network associated with said at least one application as a function of said information on the capacities of said new equipment. Method for managing a home network according to any one of Claims 8 to 10, further comprising: - verification whether said equipment is authorized to execute said application, said resource location address being supplied to said equipment by the home network management device if said equipment is authorized to execute said application. Computer program comprising instructions for implementing the method according to any one of Claims 8 to 11, when the program is executed by a processor.