MULTI-SERVICES APPLICATION GATEWAY AND SYSTEM EMPLOYING THE SAME
First Claim
1. An application gateway locatable at a user premises, comprising:
- at least one data communication interface providing wide area network and local area network access; and
an application services layer module including logic controllable by a services management center, said application services layer module providing the capability for a first gateway user to store personal e-health information on said gateway and enable a user to selectively invite another user or group of users to access said personal information via a remote wide area network connection, providing secure access and authentication credentials to the invited user or group of users and enabling the first gateway user to control the type and amount of personal e-health information the invited user or group of users may access.
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Abstract
An intelligent gateway device provided at a premise (home or business) for providing and managing application services associated with use and support of a plurality of digital endpoint devices associated with the premises. The device includes a communications and processing infrastructure integrated with a peer and presence messaging based communications protocol for enabling communications between the device and an external support network and between the device and connected digital endpoint devices. A services framework at the gateway device implements the communications and processing infrastructure for enabling service management, service configuration, and authentication of user of services at the intelligent gateway. The framework provides a storage and execution environment for supporting and executing received service logic modules relating to use, management, and support of the digital endpoint devices. Thus, the gateway device provides a network-based services point of presence for a plurality of digital endpoint devices at the premises.
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28 Claims
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1. An application gateway locatable at a user premises, comprising:
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at least one data communication interface providing wide area network and local area network access; and an application services layer module including logic controllable by a services management center, said application services layer module providing the capability for a first gateway user to store personal e-health information on said gateway and enable a user to selectively invite another user or group of users to access said personal information via a remote wide area network connection, providing secure access and authentication credentials to the invited user or group of users and enabling the first gateway user to control the type and amount of personal e-health information the invited user or group of users may access. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15, 19)
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11. An application gateway locatable at a user premises, comprising:
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at least one data communication interface providing wide area network and local area network access; and an application services layer module including logic controllable by a services management center, said application services layer module providing the capability for a first gateway user to store personal e-health information on said gateway and enable a user to selectively invite another user or group of users to access said personal information via a remote wide area network connection, providing secure access and authentication credentials to the invited user or group of users and enabling the first gateway user to control the type and amount of personal e-health information the invited user or group of users may access, wherein the application services layer module provides the capability to encrypt the e-health personal data and subsequently decrypt the data based upon the positive authentication of the invited user or group of users authentication credentials. - View Dependent Claims (12, 16, 17, 18)
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20. An application gateway locatable at a user premises, comprising:
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at least one data communication interface providing wide area network and local area network access; and an application services layer module including logic controllable by a services management center, said application services layer module providing the capability for a first gateway user to store personal e-health information on said gateway and enable a user to selectively invite another user or group of users to access said personal information via a remote wide area network connection, providing secure access and authentication credentials to the invited user or group of users and enabling the first gateway user to control the type and amount of personal e-health information the invited user or group of users may access, wherein the application services layer module enables the first gateway user to revoke the authentication credentials of the invited user and disallow access to the personal information. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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