Methods, Systems And Computer Program Products For Providing Internet Protocol Television Communication Services
First Claim
1. A method of providing communications services to customer premises equipment, the method comprising:
- operating a network element as a communications terminal server, the network element being part of a communications network;
receiving at the network element a request from the customer premises equipment to initiate communications with a diagnostic system coupled to the communications network;
the network element accessing a communications application executing on a communications server coupled to the communications network;
the network element receiving message information from the customer premises equipment;
the network element routing the message information to the communications server to initiate delivery of a message to the diagnostic system.
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Abstract
A method of providing communications services to customer premise equipment (CPE) coupled to a television. The method includes operating a network element as a communications terminal server, the network element being part of a communications network. The network element receives from the CPE a request to initiate communications with a diagnostic system coupled to the communications network. The network element accesses a communications application executing on a communications server coupled to the communications network and pushes a communications interface to the CPE. The network element receives message information from the CPE and routes the message information to the communications server to initiate delivery of a message to the diagnostic system.
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18 Claims
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1. A method of providing communications services to customer premises equipment, the method comprising:
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operating a network element as a communications terminal server, the network element being part of a communications network; receiving at the network element a request from the customer premises equipment to initiate communications with a diagnostic system coupled to the communications network; the network element accessing a communications application executing on a communications server coupled to the communications network; the network element receiving message information from the customer premises equipment; the network element routing the message information to the communications server to initiate delivery of a message to the diagnostic system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A computer program product for providing communications services to customer premises equipment, the computer program product including a tangible computer readable storage medium storing instructions for execution by a processing circuit for facilitating a method comprising:
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operating a network element as a communications terminal server, the network element being part of a communications network; receiving at the network element a request from the customer premises equipment to initiate communications with a diagnostic system coupled to the communications network; the network element accessing a communications application executing on a communications server coupled to the communications network; the network element receiving message information from the customer premises equipment; the network element routing the message information to the communications server to initiate delivery of a message to the diagnostic system. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A customer premises equipment, the customer premises equipment coupled to an internet protocol television network, the customer premises equipment comprising:
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a network interface establishing communications between the customer premises equipment and the internet protocol television network; and a processor executing an internet protocol television client for receiving internet protocol television services; the processor executing a diagnostic applications program interface for transmitting customer premises equipment status information indicating the status of the customer premises equipment to a network element in the internet protocol television network; the processor generating a request to initiate communications with a diagnostic system via a communications server providing communications with the diagnostic system, the request transmitted to the network element in communication with the communications server; the processor generating a communications interface for the user; the processor routing message information to the network element to initiate delivery of a message to the diagnostic system. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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