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Service provisioning through a smart personal gateway device

  • US 9,503,835 B2
  • Filed: 06/11/2014
  • Issued: 11/22/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/13/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for augmenting capabilities of smart personal devices (SPDs), said system comprising:

  • a smart personal gateway device (SPGD) having computing resources associated therewith, the computing resources including at least an SPGD memory area and an SPGD processor, the SPGD memory area storing a catalog of services offered by a plurality of smart personal devices (SPDs) within a personal area network (PAN) to the SPGD, the SPGD processor programmed to;

    detect the SPDs are within a physical range of the PAN to directly communicate with the SPGD;

    provide the catalog of services from the SPGD to the SPDs within the physical range of the PAN;

    receive a request from at least one of the SPDs within the physical range of the PAN and in direct communication with the SPGD for a service provided to the catalog by another SPD within the physical range of the PAN and in direct communication with the SPGD; and

    perform the requested service of said another SPD for said requesting at least one of the SPDs using the computing resources of the SPGD.

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