Multi-path gateway communications device
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1. A personal digital gateway, comprising:
- a database of personal digital gateway rule-based profiles for communicating data to a communications device selected from a plurality of communications devices, the rule-based profile categorizing the data as at least one of (1) data associated with an access agent, (2) data associated with a configuration agent, (3) data associated with a security agent, and (4) data associated with a management agent;
a processor communicating with a memory device, the processor associating a personal digital gateway rule-based profile with the selected communications device; and
a communications interface between the personal digital gateway and, the selected communications device,wherein the personal digital gateway enables communication of the data with each communications device of the plurality of communications devices, the plurality of communications devices comprising at least one of a wireless communications device, a mobile phone, a wireless phone, a WAP phone, an IP phone, a satellite phone, a computer, a modem, a pager, a digital music device, a digital recording device, a personal digital assistant, an interactive television, a digital signal processor, and a Global Positioning System device, andwherein the memory device is removable from the personal digital gateway.
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatuses are disclosed for enabling a virtual personalized network. Communications are established with a personal digital gateway to control access, sharing, security, and/or management of up-to-date personalized data exchanged between or among a plurality of associated communications devices and/or communications networks. The associated communications devices are owned, operated, and/or accessed by a common user.
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1. A personal digital gateway, comprising:
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a database of personal digital gateway rule-based profiles for communicating data to a communications device selected from a plurality of communications devices, the rule-based profile categorizing the data as at least one of (1) data associated with an access agent, (2) data associated with a configuration agent, (3) data associated with a security agent, and (4) data associated with a management agent; a processor communicating with a memory device, the processor associating a personal digital gateway rule-based profile with the selected communications device; and a communications interface between the personal digital gateway and, the selected communications device, wherein the personal digital gateway enables communication of the data with each communications device of the plurality of communications devices, the plurality of communications devices comprising at least one of a wireless communications device, a mobile phone, a wireless phone, a WAP phone, an IP phone, a satellite phone, a computer, a modem, a pager, a digital music device, a digital recording device, a personal digital assistant, an interactive television, a digital signal processor, and a Global Positioning System device, and wherein the memory device is removable from the personal digital gateway. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A personal digital gateway, comprising:
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at least one input/output processor to input and to output data with the personal digital gateway; at least one communications interface for communicating data with a communications device selected from a plurality of communications devices, the plurality of communications devices comprising at least one of a wireless communications device, a mobile phone, a wireless phone, a WAP phone, an IP phone, a satellite phone, a computer, a modem, a pager, a digital music device, a digital recording device, a personal digital assistant, an interactive television, a digital signal processor, and a Global Positioning System device; a memory device for storing the data; a rule-based application dataserver providing a rule-based engine to categorize the data as at least one of (1) data associated with an access agent, (2) data associated with a configuration agent, (3) data associated with a security agent, and (4) data associated with a management agent; and a processor communicating with the memory device, the processor selecting data stored in the memory device based upon information contained within a rule-based profile. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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