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

  • US 10,225,096 B2
  • Filed: 11/21/2016
  • Issued: 03/05/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/29/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A management device for operation at a user premises to manage one or more endpoint devices, the management device comprising:

  • at least one interface to communicate with (a) one or more endpoint devices located locally at the user premises, and (b) an application service manager located remotely from the user premises and in communication with at least one application service provider, wherein the one or more endpoint devices includes at least (a) a first endpoint device and (b) a second endpoint device with a display, wherein the first endpoint device is a mobile device for controlling displaying of media by the display, and wherein media associated with the first endpoint device is shareable, via the management device, to the display on a second endpoint device;

    a processor in communication with the at least one interface; and

    a storage device that has instructions related to a plurality of application services and has locally stored streaming applications associated with the at least one application service provider, and wherein at least one of execution of the instructions by the processor or one of the streaming applications causes the management device to provide functions, wherein the functions include;

    application server communication with client functionality between one or more of the endpoint devices communicated on top of network layer communications of the at least one interface,enforcement regarding authorization, authentication, configuration, and/or use of the application services by the one or more endpoint devices,management of at least one of the application services based at least in part on data from the remotely located application service manager,receiving media from the at least one application service provider,delivering the media, via the streaming application associated with the at least one application service provider, to the second endpoint device for viewing on the display, andmanaging application specific resources provided by the management device to implement a request from at least one of the one or more endpoint devices without negatively impacting other management device services, wherein the application specific resources are concurrently accessed by other endpoint devices.

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