Method and system for extended network access notification via a broadband access gateway
First Claim
1. A system supporting mobile user access to multimedia information, the system comprising:
- a gateway communicatively coupled to a broadband network and at least one wireless interface, the gateway capable of selectively exchanging multimedia information among the at least one wireless interface and the broadband network, and of communicating with a plurality of access devices via the at least one wireless interface, at least a portion of the plurality of access devices also being capable of communication via a wireless wide area network;
the at least a portion of the plurality of access devices capable of handing off multimedia communication from one of the wireless wide area network and the at least one wireless interface to the other in a seamless fashion; and
the at least a portion of the plurality of access devices capable of notifying a user of a status of communication with the wireless wide area network and the at least one wireless interface.
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Abstract
A system and method supporting extended network access notification via a broadband access gateway is disclosed. A representative embodiment of the present invention may comprise a wireless interface and may be capable of exchanging multimedia communication between the wireless interface and a broadband network. The gateway may support multimedia communication via access devices that may seamlessly hand off from a wireless wide area network to a personal area network supported by the wireless interface. The hand off may be coordinated by the gateway and the wireless wide area network via the broadband network. A user of an access device may be notified when such a hand offhas been automatically initiated, and a user may configure aspects of such hand offs.
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48 Claims
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1. A system supporting mobile user access to multimedia information, the system comprising:
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a gateway communicatively coupled to a broadband network and at least one wireless interface, the gateway capable of selectively exchanging multimedia information among the at least one wireless interface and the broadband network, and of communicating with a plurality of access devices via the at least one wireless interface, at least a portion of the plurality of access devices also being capable of communication via a wireless wide area network;
the at least a portion of the plurality of access devices capable of handing off multimedia communication from one of the wireless wide area network and the at least one wireless interface to the other in a seamless fashion; and
the at least a portion of the plurality of access devices capable of notifying a user of a status of communication with the wireless wide area network and the at least one wireless interface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method of operating a gateway supporting mobile multimedia communication, the method comprising:
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initializing communication via a broadband network;
collecting, via at least one of a personal area network and the broadband network, information comprising accessibility of at least one access device;
receiving a request to hand off wireless multimedia communication of one of the at least one access device between a wireless wide area network and the personal area network; and
coordinating with the wireless wide area network, via the broadband network, the hand off of wireless multimedia communication of the one of the at least one access device between the wireless wide area network and the personal area network, the one of the at least one access device capable of notifying the user of the hand off. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A machine-readable storage, having stored thereon a computer program having a plurality of code sections for operating a gateway supporting mobile multimedia communication, the code sections executable by a machine for causing the machine to perform the operations comprising:
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initializing communication via a broadband network;
collecting, via at least one of a personal area network and the broadband network, information comprising accessibility of at least one access device;
receiving a request to hand off wireless multimedia communication of one of the at least one access device between a wireless wide area network and the personal area network; and
coordinating with the wireless wide area network, via the broadband network, the hand off of wireless multimedia communication of the one of the at least one access device between the wireless wide area network and the personal area network, the one of the at least one access device capable of notifying the user of the hand off. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
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