Multi-Access Gateway for Direct to Residence Communication Services
First Claim
1. A method for providing residential telecommunication services comprising:
- connecting a plurality of different internet protocol (IP) devices within hundreds of different residences via in-residence adaptors, wherein one adaptor exists for each of the hundreds of different residences, said adaptor being customer premise equipment (CPE) lacking routing capabilities;
communicatively linking each of the adaptors to a remotely located multi-access gateway controlled by a carrier, wherein the multi-access gateway is part of the middle-mile of a communication network, wherein the multi-access gateway provides routing directly to IP addresses of each of the plurality of IP devices without any intermediate gateways;
conducting TCP/IP based communications between each of the IP devices and the multi-access gateway, said communications occurring through the adapters at the link level of the TCP/IP stack, where the conducted TCP/IP based communications through the adaptor do not occur above the link layer of the TCP/IP stack;
providing, through the multi-access gateway, a plurality of telecommunication services to residential subscribers of the residences for fees;
providing, through the multi-access gateway, residential administrative services that provide multiple different passwords and control levels for the IP devices to different specific members of a residence, and wherein the different specific members are able to provide suitable ones of the passwords to a Web site to configure and adjust specific operations of the devices and to maintain privacy of how the IP devices are used from others; and
storing customizable residence specific settings for each of the residences in a data store accessible by computing equipment able to control residence specific behavior of the multi-access gateway, wherein said customizable residence specific settings determine details of the telecommunication services as provided to specific ones of the residences.
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Abstract
Different residences can be communicatively linked to a communication backbone via a multi-access gateway, where each residence comprises an adapter through which a set of IP devices directly connect to the multi-access gateway via IPSec compliant communication channels. The multi-access gateway can connect each of the IP devices to remotely located resources. Telecommunication services can be provided to the IP devices in the residences for fees. The multi-access gateway can controls specifics of the telecommunication services, which can include emergency (e.g., 911) services, home control services, and residential administration services. Any of the telecommunication services can be initiated, modified, or terminated by a carrier maintaining the multi-access gateway on a per residence basis for any of the different residences.
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26 Claims
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1. A method for providing residential telecommunication services comprising:
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connecting a plurality of different internet protocol (IP) devices within hundreds of different residences via in-residence adaptors, wherein one adaptor exists for each of the hundreds of different residences, said adaptor being customer premise equipment (CPE) lacking routing capabilities; communicatively linking each of the adaptors to a remotely located multi-access gateway controlled by a carrier, wherein the multi-access gateway is part of the middle-mile of a communication network, wherein the multi-access gateway provides routing directly to IP addresses of each of the plurality of IP devices without any intermediate gateways; conducting TCP/IP based communications between each of the IP devices and the multi-access gateway, said communications occurring through the adapters at the link level of the TCP/IP stack, where the conducted TCP/IP based communications through the adaptor do not occur above the link layer of the TCP/IP stack; providing, through the multi-access gateway, a plurality of telecommunication services to residential subscribers of the residences for fees; providing, through the multi-access gateway, residential administrative services that provide multiple different passwords and control levels for the IP devices to different specific members of a residence, and wherein the different specific members are able to provide suitable ones of the passwords to a Web site to configure and adjust specific operations of the devices and to maintain privacy of how the IP devices are used from others; and storing customizable residence specific settings for each of the residences in a data store accessible by computing equipment able to control residence specific behavior of the multi-access gateway, wherein said customizable residence specific settings determine details of the telecommunication services as provided to specific ones of the residences. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A carrier-side method for providing telecommunication services comprising:
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communicatively linking a plurality of different residences to a communication backbone via a multi-access gateway, wherein each residence comprises an adapter through which a plurality of IP devices directly connect to the multi-access gateway via IPSec compliant communication channels, wherein the multi-access gateway performs TCP/IP network level routing for the IP devices, wherein the highest TCP/IP level communication performed by the adapter is link level communications; the multi-access gateway connecting each of the IP devices to remotely located resources, which comprise remotely located IP resources, which communicate to the IP devices via IP addresses maintained by the multi-access gateway; and providing telecommunication services to the IP devices in the residences for fees, wherein the multi-access gateway controls specifics of the telecommunication services, wherein said telecommunication services comprise emergency services for the IP devices, home control services, wherein any of the telecommunication services can be initiated, modified, or terminated by a carrier maintaining the multi-access gateway on a per residence basis for any of the different residence; and providing residential administrative services through the multi-access gateway, the residential administrative services providing multiple different passwords and control levels for the IP devices to different specific members of a residence, and wherein the different specific members are able to provide suitable ones of the passwords to a Web site to configure and adjust specific operations of the devices and to maintain privacy of how the IP devices are used from others. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A system for providing telecommunication services comprising:
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a multi-access gateway controlled by a carrier, the multi-access gateway comprising hardware, a processor, a plurality of ports, and at least one tangible storage medium comprising software or firmware executable by the processor, wherein the multi-access gateway performs TCP/IP network level routing for a plurality of in-residence IP devices, the multi-access gateway connecting each of the in-residence IP devices to remotely located resources, which comprise remotely located IP resources, which communicate to the in-residence IP devices via IP addresses maintained by the multi-access gateway; a plurality of adaptors comprising hardware, each adaptor residing within a different residence, each adaptor for connecting a subset of the in-residence IP devices that are in the corresponding residence directly to the multi-access gateway via IPSec compliant communication channels, wherein the highest TCP/IP level communication performed by the adapter is link level communications, the system providing telecommunication services to the in-residence IP devices for fees, wherein; the multi-access gateway controls specifics of the telecommunication services, wherein said telecommunication services comprise emergency services for the IP devices, home control services, and residential administration services; the multi-access gateway enables the carrier to initiate, modify, or terminate the telecommunication services on a per residence basis for any of the different residences; and the multi-access gateway provides residential administrative services that provide multiple different passwords and control levels for the IP devices to different specific members of a residence, and wherein the different specific members are able to provide suitable ones of the passwords to a Web site to configure and adjust specific operations of the devices and to maintain privacy of how the IP devices are used from others.
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