1. A method of providing device information through a home network, the method comprising: generating, by a first device, relative location information indicating that the first device is present in a vicinity of a second device when a remote control signal for the second device is received by the first device; providing, by the first device, the relative location information as location information of the first device through the home network to at least one other device belonging to the home network, receiving, at the first device, absolute location information from the second device; and providing, by the first device, the absolute location information as location information of the first device through the home network to the at least one other device belonging to the home network, wherein the remote control signal is generated for a purpose of controlling the second device exclusively, and wherein the first device and the second device are located close enough to each other to receive the remote control signal together.