METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EXTENDED NETWORK ACCESS NOTIFICATION VIA A BROADBAND ACCESS GATEWAY
First Claim
1. A system comprising:
- a gateway configured to communication with one or more access devices;
a modem operable to selectively communicate multimedia information between the gateway and a broadband network; and
a wireless interface in data communication with the gateway to selectively communicate multimedia information with the gateway and the one or more access devices, the wireless interface operable in conjunction with the gateway to hand off communication with an access device from the wireless interface to a wireless wide area network.
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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 handoff has been automatically initiated, and a user may configure aspects of such hand offs.
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20 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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a gateway configured to communication with one or more access devices; a modem operable to selectively communicate multimedia information between the gateway and a broadband network; and a wireless interface in data communication with the gateway to selectively communicate multimedia information with the gateway and the one or more access devices, the wireless interface operable in conjunction with the gateway to hand off communication with an access device from the wireless interface to a wireless wide area network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method comprising:
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at an access device, communicating multimedia data with a wireless wide area network; at the access device, determining to hand off communication of the multimedia data from the wireless wide area network to a wireless interface; and in response to the indication, terminating communication with the wireless wide area network and commencing communication of multimedia data with the wireless interface. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method comprising:
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at a gateway, establishing data communication with a wireless interface and a broadband network; at the gateway, selectively communicating multimedia information among the broadband network, the wireless interface and one or more access devices in radio communication with the wireless interface; at the gateway, communicating handoff information among the broadband network, the wireless interface and an access device, the handoff information controlling handoff of multimedia communication between the access device and one of the wireless interface and a wireless wide area network. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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