DIGITAL PERSONAL ASSISTANCE VIA A BROADBAND ACCESS GATEWAY
First Claim
1. A system supporting digital personal assistance functionality for a plurality of access devices, the system comprising:
- a gateway configured to receive a request from one of the plurality of access devices, the request identifying a service to be performed and at least two sources of multimedia information to be used in the performance of the service, the at least two sources of multimedia information residing on different ones of the plurality of access devices.
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Abstract
A system and method supporting access, coordination, modification, updating, and management of multiple sources of multimedia information resident on a plurality of access device is disclosed. A broadband access gateway may support applications that perform user services involving multiple sources of multimedia information across a network by acting as a focal point for access to multimedia information related to the applications. Using information that identifies such sources, the broadband access gateway may coordinate modification of one or more multimedia information sources based upon the content of other related sources of multimedia information. One such application may include the coordination of calendars for the planning of a meeting involving multiple participants. A representative embodiment of the present invention may identify available meeting dates and times, and the placement of reservations for appropriate travel accommodations using services accessible to the broadband access gateway via a broadband network.
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29 Claims
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1. A system supporting digital personal assistance functionality for a plurality of access devices, the system comprising:
a gateway configured to receive a request from one of the plurality of access devices, the request identifying a service to be performed and at least two sources of multimedia information to be used in the performance of the service, the at least two sources of multimedia information residing on different ones of the plurality of access devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for supporting digital personal assistance functionality for a plurality of access devices via a broadband access gateway, the method comprising:
receiving a request from one of the plurality of access devices, the request identifying a service to be performed and at least two sources of multimedia information to be used in the performance of the service, the at least two sources of multimedia information residing on different ones of the plurality of access devices. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A non-transitory machine-readable storage, having stored thereon a computer program having a plurality of code sections for operating a gateway supporting digital personal assistance functionality for a plurality of access devices, the code sections executable by a machine for causing the machine to perform the operations comprising:
receiving a request from one of the plurality of access devices, the request identifying a service to be performed and at least two sources of multimedia information to be used in the performance of the service, the at least two sources of multimedia information residing on different ones of the plurality of access devices. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A system supporting the identification of social networks of users of a plurality of access devices, the system comprising:
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the gateway configured to receive from at least one of the plurality of access devices, information identifying one or both of an access device and/or a user; and the gateway configured to collect access statistics based upon the identified one or both of an access device and/or a user, and associated accessed multimedia information. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29)
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