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System and method for providing network support services and premises gateway support infrastructure

  • US 10,027,500 B2
  • Filed: 10/31/2017
  • Issued: 07/17/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/29/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A home automation services device for operation at a user premises to provide and manage services in relation to one or more endpoint devices, the home automation services device comprising:

  • a first interface for enabling bi-directional communications, within the user premises, between the home automation services device and the one or more endpoint devices;

    a second interface for enabling bi-directional network layer communications, via a wide area network, between the home automation services device and a remotely located application service management center external to the user premises;

    a processor coupled to the first and second interfaces;

    storage for storing programming related to one or more services, wherein the processor is coupled to the storage such that communication between the processor and the storage occurs at the user premises without having to traverse the wide area network, and wherein, for each respective service, execution of the programming by the processor causes the home automation services device to provide;

    (1) a communication channel for the one or more endpoint devices, for the respective service, via one or both of the first and second interfaces;

    (2) administration of (a) at least one of authorization operations or, authentication operations, and (b) configuration settings of the one or more endpoint devices;

    (3) management of the respective service based upon the communications with the remotely located application service management center via the wide area network; and

    (4) (a) determination and management of application specific resources, (b) using the application specific resources to receive a sensor communication, indicating a measurement, from a sensor of one of the endpoint devices (c) measurement using the application specific resources, wherein the measurement is based on the sensor communication from the sensor, and (d) management of one or more others of the endpoint devices such that a setting related to the sensor communication is implemented without negatively impacting a required functioning state of the one or more other endpoint devices; and

    wherein the one or more endpoint devices include at least one ofa sensor device,an automatic window,a window blind,a lighting or a lamp unit,a digital picture frame,a web cam,a music player,a media player,a television, orany combination thereof.

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