UTILIZING A GATEWAY FOR BROKERING AND/OR ARBITRATING SERVICE CONSUMPTION OPTIONS
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- in a broadband gateway communicatively coupled to a plurality of devices, wherein said broadband gateway is operable to handle at least one physical layer connection to at least one corresponding network access service provider;
receiving a request from a user associated with said broadband gateway, wherein said request comprises information related to delivery of a service to said user via said broadband gateway;
determining criteria related to providing said requested service; and
provisioning said requested service based on said determined criteria, wherein;
said provisioning comprises negotiating with at least one remote resource that supports at least a portion of said requested service; and
said remote resource is accessed via said at least one physical layer connection.
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Abstract
A broadband gateway may provision services requested in a home network managed and/or serviced by the broadband gateway by a user associated with the broadband gateway, based on determination of criteria related to the requested service. The requested service may comprise obtaining and/or delivering content for consumption by one or more of a plurality of devices serviced by the broadband gateway in the home network. The criteria may comprise device related data, user preference related information, service performance related parameters, payment related information, and/or energy use related information. The broadband gateway may store information associated with the determined criteria. Provisioning requested services may comprise negotiating with at least one remote resource that may support at least a portion of the requested service. The negotiation may comprise brokering and/or arbitrating a plurality of options of remote resources utilized for providing the at least a portion of the requested service.
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1. A method, comprising:
in a broadband gateway communicatively coupled to a plurality of devices, wherein said broadband gateway is operable to handle at least one physical layer connection to at least one corresponding network access service provider; receiving a request from a user associated with said broadband gateway, wherein said request comprises information related to delivery of a service to said user via said broadband gateway; determining criteria related to providing said requested service; and provisioning said requested service based on said determined criteria, wherein; said provisioning comprises negotiating with at least one remote resource that supports at least a portion of said requested service; and said remote resource is accessed via said at least one physical layer connection. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system, comprising:
one or more circuits and/or processors for use in a broadband gateway communicatively coupled to a plurality of devices, wherein said broadband gateway is operable to handle at least one physical layer connection to at least one corresponding network access service provider, said one or more circuits and/or processors being operable to; receive a request from a user associated with said broadband gateway, wherein said request comprises information related to delivery of a service to said user via said broadband gateway; determine a criteria related to providing said requested service; and provision said requested service based on said determined criteria, wherein; said provisioning comprises negotiating with at least one remote resource that supports at least a portion of said requested service; and said remote resource is accessed via said at least one physical layer connection. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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