Home gateway apparatus
First Claim
1. A home gateway apparatus connected via ports to a plurality of intra-home terminal devices installed in a home network, the home gateway apparatus comprising:
- an external interface unit to a plurality of external terminals on an external network;
an internal interface unit to the plurality of intra-home terminal devices on the home network;
a management table memory for storing, corresponding to port numbers, at least target management information and a sending destination address of the intra-home terminal devices connected to the ports;
a management information memory for storing, corresponding to the port numbers and the sending destination addresses, the management information of the intra-home terminal device acquired from the intra-home terminal device, based on a management table stored in the management table memory; and
a management information control unit for acquiring the management information of the intra-home terminal device connected to each port to store the acquired management information in the management information memory, according to the target management information stored in the management table, and sending a specified management information to the external terminal, according to the sending destination address stored in the management table.
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Abstract
A home gateway apparatus connected to intra-home terminal devices in a home network, has external interfaces to external terminals; internal interfaces to the intra-home terminal devices; a management table memory having management information to be sent and a destination address of the intra-home terminal devices; a management information memory to store the acquired management information; and a management information control unit to send the management information to the external terminal, based on the destination address stored in the management table, after acquiring the management information of the terminal device based on the management information to be sent stored in the management table. The home gateway apparatus can freely select a sending mode of the management information for every intra-home terminal devices, by setting the management table. Therefore, the gateway apparatus having an advanced versatility can be provided.
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15 Claims
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1. A home gateway apparatus connected via ports to a plurality of intra-home terminal devices installed in a home network, the home gateway apparatus comprising:
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an external interface unit to a plurality of external terminals on an external network;
an internal interface unit to the plurality of intra-home terminal devices on the home network;
a management table memory for storing, corresponding to port numbers, at least target management information and a sending destination address of the intra-home terminal devices connected to the ports;
a management information memory for storing, corresponding to the port numbers and the sending destination addresses, the management information of the intra-home terminal device acquired from the intra-home terminal device, based on a management table stored in the management table memory; and
a management information control unit for acquiring the management information of the intra-home terminal device connected to each port to store the acquired management information in the management information memory, according to the target management information stored in the management table, and sending a specified management information to the external terminal, according to the sending destination address stored in the management table. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A home gateway apparatus connected via ports to a plurality of intra-home terminal devices installed in a home network, the home gateway apparatus comprising:
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an external interface unit to a plurality of external terminals on an external network;
an internal interface unit to the plurality of intra-home terminal devices on the home network;
a management table memory for storing, corresponding to port numbers, at least target management information and a sending destination address of the intra-home terminal devices connected to the ports;
a management information memory for storing, corresponding to the port numbers and the sending destination addresses, the management information of the intra-home terminal device acquired from the intra-home terminal device, based on a management table stored in the management table memory; and
a management information control unit for acquiring the management information of the intra-home terminal device connected to each port to store the acquired management information in the management information memory, according to the target management information stored in the management table, and sending a specified management information to the external terminal, according to the sending destination address stored in the management table, wherein the management information memory stores sending level information indicative of sending timing, together with the management information, and the management information control unit sends the management information in accordance with the sending level information.
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