Over the air programming via a broadband access gateway
First Claim
1. A system supporting over-the-air programming of a plurality of access devices via a broadband access gateway, the system comprising:
- a gateway communicatively coupled to a broadband network and at least one wireless interface, the gateway selectively communicating multimedia information among the at least one wireless interface and the broadband network, the gateway and the at least one wireless interface forming a local network for communicating with the plurality of access devices via the at least one wireless interface;
the gateway receiving from at least one of the plurality of access devices, via the at least one wireless interface, one or both of;
information identifying an access device or information identifying a user;
based on the received information identifying the access device or the received information identifying the user, the gateway determining whether updating of software or firmware of the at least one of the plurality of access devices is appropriate;
the gateway receiving updating information including updated code for software or firmware for operating the at least one of the plurality of access devices, via the broadband network, based upon the one or both of;
information identifying an access device or information identifying a user; and
the gateway transferring the received updating information to the at least one of the plurality of access devices via the at least one wireless interface.
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Abstract
A system and method supporting over-the-air programming of access device such as, for example, a mobile multimedia handset and a wireless personal digital assistant (PDA) via a broadband access gateway, is disclosed. The broadband access gateway may receive identifying information from the access device via a personal area network and/or a wireless local area network, and may transfer the identifying information to a wide area network or a third party content provider, via a broadband network. The broadband access gateway may enable the registration of the access device with the wide area network, and may receive firmware/software updates and/or provisioning parameters via the broadband network. The gateway may then transfer the firmware/software update and/or provisioning parameters to the access device via the personal area network and/or wireless local area network.
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47 Claims
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1. A system supporting over-the-air programming of a plurality of access devices via a broadband access gateway, the system comprising:
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a gateway communicatively coupled to a broadband network and at least one wireless interface, the gateway selectively communicating multimedia information among the at least one wireless interface and the broadband network, the gateway and the at least one wireless interface forming a local network for communicating with the plurality of access devices via the at least one wireless interface; the gateway receiving from at least one of the plurality of access devices, via the at least one wireless interface, one or both of;
information identifying an access device or information identifying a user;based on the received information identifying the access device or the received information identifying the user, the gateway determining whether updating of software or firmware of the at least one of the plurality of access devices is appropriate; the gateway receiving updating information including updated code for software or firmware for operating the at least one of the plurality of access devices, via the broadband network, based upon the one or both of;
information identifying an access device or information identifying a user; andthe gateway transferring the received updating information to the at least one of the plurality of access devices via the at least one wireless interface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method supporting over-the-air programming of a plurality of access devices via a broadband access gateway, the method comprising:
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forming, with the broadband access gateway and at least one wireless interface, one or more local networks for communicating with network access devices; receiving from at least one of the plurality of access devices, via the at least one wireless interface, one or both of;
information identifying an access device or information identifying a user;based on the received information identifying the access device or the received information identifying the user, determining whether updating of software or firmware of the at least one of the plurality of access devices is appropriate; receiving updating information including updated code for software or firmware for operating the at least one of the plurality of access devices, via a broadband network, based upon the one or both of;
information identifying an access device or information identifying a user; andtransferring the received updating information to the at least one of the plurality of access devices via the at least one wireless interface. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A non-transitory computer-readable medium, encoded with a computer program having a plurality of code sections for operating a gateway supporting over-the-air programming of a plurality of access devices via a broadband access gateway, the code sections executable by a computer for causing the computer to perform the operations comprising:
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forming, with the broadband access gateway and at least one wireless interface, one or more local networks for communicating with network access devices; receiving from at least one of the plurality of access devices, via at least one wireless interface, one or both of;
information identifying an access device or information identifying a user;based on the received information identifying the access device or the received information identifying the user, determining whether updating of software or firmware of the at least one of the plurality of access devices is appropriate; receiving updating information including updated code for software or firmware for operating the at least one of the plurality of access devices, via a broadband network, based upon the one or both of;
information identifying an access device and/or or information identifying a user; andtransferring the received updating information to the at least one of the plurality of access devices via the wireless interface. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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45. A system supporting over-the-air programming of a plurality of access devices via a broadband access gateway, the system comprising:
an access device that transmits one or both of information identifying the access device or information identifying a user to a gateway, the access device receiving updating information including updated code for software or firmware for operating the access device when a gateway uses the transmitted information identifying the access device or the information identifying the user to the gateway to determine the update is appropriate, the updating information updating software or firmware of the access device. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47)
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