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System and method for providing network support services and premises gateway support infrastructure

  • US 9,270,492 B2
  • Filed: 09/14/2012
  • Issued: 02/23/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/29/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A service management system, for enabling service providers to manage services through gateway devices located at respective user premises, the gateway devices providing gateway access to a wide area network and at least some server functionality for service delivery for one or more endpoint devices, including client devices at respective customer premises, over networks within the customer premises, the service management system comprising:

  • a router for connection to the wide area network for communications with the gateway devices;

    at least one computer platform coupled to the router, configured to implement;

    a connection manager configured to control system communications with the gateway devices via the router and the wide area network;

    an authentication manager configured to authenticate each of the gateway devices and control the connection manager to establish a signaling communication link through the wide are network with each of the gateway devices upon successful authentication of each respective gateway device;

    a subscription manager configured to manage applications services provided from a service provider and/or features of the server functionality, to be enabled on each respective authenticated gateway device, based on a service subscription from an application service provider and associated with the respective authenticated gateway device;

    a service manager configured to distribute service specific configuration data to logic implementing the server functionality in authenticated gateway devices via the wide area network, responsive to the subscription manager;

    an application gateway configured to execute the application services provided from the application service provider, wherein the application gateway executes the application services at the user premises independent of application services executing on the application service provider'"'"'s network, wherein upon receiving a request to execute the application service on the application gateway at the user premises, the service manager communicates with the subscription manager to verify that the request conforms with policy and usage rules associated with the application services in order to authorize execution of the application services on the application gateway; and

    a graphical user interface rendered on a display associated with at least one of the at least one computer platform, gateway devices and one or more endpoint devices, for enabling management and control of application services executed by the application gateway on at least one of the computer platform and the one or more endpoint devices.

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