multimedia home networks belonging to different households the invention employs the concept of p2p networking and therefore refers to the respective technical devices as peers connecting the technical devices of a household to a p2p network provides more user convenience e g allows the owner to control devices remotely or to share contents or services between different devices for privacy reasons the p2p network comprises only peers belonging to the same household or owner since the peers may be located outside the household e g in the owners car garden or may be portable the terminus u201c owner zone u201d is used to describe the group of devices or peers which is under control of the same owner or group of owners e g family fig1 shows an exemplary owner zone which includes the peers being under control of the same owner the peers n 1 n 7 within the owners home h_ 1 are connected to a local p2p network p2p_ 1 the owners mobile peers n 1 n 2 are connected to the same p2p network and other peers n 6 n 7 within another building h_ 2 belonging to the same owner are connected to another local p2p network p2p_ 2 and said two networks p2p_ 1 p2p_ 2 are connected to each other according to the invention the peers with physical access to the owner 39 s home network are members of the owner zone using known p2p mechanisms such as peer discovery.