Application and communication platform for connectivity based services
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1. A system for controlling operation of a service comprising:
- at least one remote device associated with said service;
a local area network connected to said at least one remote device;
service gateway equipment connected to said local area network;
network operator equipment connected to said service gateway equipment for selectively loading a first portion of software associated with said service onto said service gateway equipment; and
service provider equipment connected to said network operator equipment via a communication link for providing said at least said first portion of software to said network operator equipment;
wherein said service gateway equipment runs said first portion of software to interact with said at least one remote device.
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Abstract
Open, horizontal service platforms are described. Service providers can, via network operators, load software associated with a service onto a dedicated, service platform server. The service platform server is connected, via a LAN, to one or more remote devices (e.g., sensors, transducers, processors, etc.). The functionality associated with the service can be distributed among two or more of the entities involved in the architecture. The distributed software operates and/or monitors these remote devices to implement the subscribed service.
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31 Claims
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1. A system for controlling operation of a service comprising:
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at least one remote device associated with said service;
a local area network connected to said at least one remote device;
service gateway equipment connected to said local area network;
network operator equipment connected to said service gateway equipment for selectively loading a first portion of software associated with said service onto said service gateway equipment; and
service provider equipment connected to said network operator equipment via a communication link for providing said at least said first portion of software to said network operator equipment;
wherein said service gateway equipment runs said first portion of software to interact with said at least one remote device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 23)
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16. A method for providing at least one utility service to a user comprising the steps of:
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providing at least one remote device associated with a first utility service;
providing a local area network connected to said device;
connecting a service platform server to said local area network;
selectively loading software associated with said first utility service onto said service platform server from a first service provider equipment; and
operating said first utility service to control said at least one remote device using said loaded software. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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24. A software system for controlling operation of a service, the software system comprising:
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a service application controlled by a network operator for interacting with at least one remote device connected to a local area network and associated with said service, the service application consisting of one or more boxlets;
a plurality of cells, at least one of the plurality of cells residing on service gateway equipment connected to said local area network, a one of the plurality of cells comprises software resources made available to the service application; and
a plurality of gates which provide and control inter-cell communication between ones of the plurality of cells;
wherein the one or more boxlets of the service application reside within a one of the plurality of cells. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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