SWITCHING BETWEEN CONNECTIVITY TYPES TO MAINTAIN CONNECTIVITY
First Claim
1. A method for enabling communications between a user system and an accessible system, the method comprising:
- detecting a communications failure in a communications session between a user system and an accessible system, the communications session leveraging a first connectivity type; and
establishing a second communications session between the user system and the accessible system, the second communications session leveraging a second connectivity type that differs from the first connectivity type, automatically in response to the detected communication failure on the session leveraging the first connectivity type.
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Abstract
Techniques are provided for leveraging narrowband connectivity (such as dial-up communications or other types of low bandwidth communications) to provision or configure broadband connectivity between a broadband access provider and a broadband device, such as a DSL modem or a cable modem. Specifically, because narrowband connectivity does not require advance configuration or provisioning by the host system of connectivity parameters for an access-seeking device, a modem at an access-seeking device may be leveraged to establish a narrowband connection between that device and a host system and to enable an exchange or negotiation of connectivity parameters necessary to enable future broadband connectivity. Thus, once established, the narrowband connection may be used as a conduit for communicating required provisioning information between the broadband-enabling host and the access-seeking device to enable broadband connectivity by the device in the future.
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21 Claims
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1. A method for enabling communications between a user system and an accessible system, the method comprising:
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detecting a communications failure in a communications session between a user system and an accessible system, the communications session leveraging a first connectivity type; and establishing a second communications session between the user system and the accessible system, the second communications session leveraging a second connectivity type that differs from the first connectivity type, automatically in response to the detected communication failure on the session leveraging the first connectivity type. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for enabling communications between a user system and an accessible system, the method comprising:
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using a communications session of a first connectivity type, between the user system and the accessible system; and leveraging a second connectivity type to enable communication of connectivity information to the accessible system regarding the first connectivity type. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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13. A computer-readable medium or propagated signal having embodied thereon a computer program configured to enable communications between a user system and an accessible system, the medium or signal comprising one or more code segments configured to:
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detect a communications failure in a communications session between a user system and an accessible system, the communications session leveraging a first connectivity type; and establish a second communications session between the user system and the accessible system, the second communications session leveraging a second connectivity type that differs from the first connectivity type, automatically in response to the detected communication failure on the session leveraging the first connectivity type. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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