Method and system for service-enablement gateway and its service portal

• US 20050188315A1
• Filed: 04/08/2005
• Published: 08/25/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 11/29/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Verizon Corporate Services Group Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: Dolecki, Myron C., Campbell, Bruce S., Strauss, Burton M. III
• Granted Patent: US 7,574,660 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/742
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/32 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/34 involving the use of external additional devices, e.g. dongles or smart cards
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2141 Access rights, e.g. capability lists, access control lists, access tables, access matrices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3674 involving authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/04 Billing or invoicing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/32 Architecture of open systems interconnection [OSI] 7-layer type protocol stacks, e.g. the interfaces between the data link level and the physical level
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/323 in the physical layer [OSI layer 1]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/325 in the network layer [OSI layer 3], e.g. X.25 H04L69/16 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]

Abstract

A method and system for dynamic service support is presented. A portal-page service and an interface bundle are installed at the gateway. A customer service at the gateway, based on the interface bundle, is installed at the gateway. The portal-page service searches for the customer service and generates a user interface for the customer service based on the customer service. The portal-page service generates a portal-page based on the user interface and the portal page service.

Claims

1-16. -16. (canceled)

17. A system comprising:

a hardware layer, including a processor, a storage system, a first interface to a local premises network and a second interface to a wide area network;

a software layer, coupled to the hardware layer and including an operating system; and

a number of bundles, each of the number of bundles coupled to the software layer and including

a digital identifier comprising a digital signature,

a service,

wherein the number of bundles includes

a provisioning bundle including a provisioning service, the provisioning service retrieving bundles from a remote server over the wide area network and installing the retrieved bundles, and retrieving updates to the number of bundles and installing the retrieved updates,

an authentication bundle including an authentication service, the authentication service authenticating the identity of a user and determining if the user is authorized to access one or more of the number of bundles.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the number of bundles further includes:

a profile bundle including a profile service, the profile service configured to store and retrieve profile information corresponding to the user, the profile information including a unique identifier associated with the user, a user name, and customization information for one or more of the services of the number of bundles.

19. The system of claim 17, wherein the number of bundles includes:

a remote logging bundle including a remote logging service, the remote logic service configured to receive an event notification containing event data from one of the services of the number of bundles, send the event data to the remote server over the wide area network and store a local copy of said event data in the storage system.

20. The system of claim 17, wherein the number of bundles includes:

maintenance bundle including a maintenance service, the maintenance service configured to save software objects encapsulating methods called by services of the number of bundles in the storage system, and provide status information of the wide area network to the number of bundles.

21. The system of claim 17, wherein the number of bundles includes:

a billing bundle including a billing service, the billing service configured to receive a billing request including billing information from one of the services, send the billing information to the remote server, and receive a response from the remote server indicating whether the billing information has been saved.

22. The system of claim 17, wherein the number of bundles includes:

a portal page bundle including a portal page service, the portal page service configured to search for the service of each of the number of bundles, generate a user interface corresponding to one of the services, receive a message containing information indicating a selected service function and associated parameters of the one of the services from the user interface, and invoke the selected service function using the associated parameters using the one of the services.

23. The system of claim 17, further comprising:

a partition, including at least one of the number of bundles, and configured to control access to the at least one of the number of bundles from outside of the partition.

24. The system of claim 23, wherein the at least one of the number of bundles include digital identifiers that permit the at least one of the number of bundles to access the partition.

25. A method comprising:

contacting a remote server over a wide area network to determine a number of bundles to install, each bundle including a digital identifier and software to perform a service;

receiving the number of bundles from the remote server;

installing the number of bundles;

placing at least one of the number of bundles within a partition when the digital identifier of each of the at least one of the number of bundles is an authorized digital identifier;

registering each service of each of the number of bundles;

displaying a user interface;

receiving an identifying element of a user;

authenticating the user based on the identifying element.

26. The method of claim 25, further comprising:

receiving an event notification containing event data from one of the services of the number of bundles;

sending the event data to the remote server over the wide area network; and

storing a local copy of said event data in the storage system.

27. The method of claim 25, further comprising:

saving software objects encapsulating methods called by services of the number of bundles in the storage system; and

providing status information of the wide area network to the number of bundles.

28. The method of claim 25, further comprising:

receiving a billing request including billing information from one of the services;

sending the billing information to the remote server; and

receiving a response from the remote server indicating whether the billing information has been saved.

29. The method of claim 25, further comprising:

searching for the service of each of the number of bundles;

generating a user interface corresponding to one of the services;

receiving a message containing information indicating a selected service function and associated parameters of the one of the services from the user interface; and

invoking the selected service function using the associated parameters using the one of the services.