Methods, Systems, and Products for Virtual Personalized Networks

• US 20080232295A1
• Filed: 05/23/2008
• Published: 09/25/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 11/27/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: IoT Innovations LLC (Empire IP LLC)
• Original Assignee: At&T Delaware Intellectual Property, Inc. (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Hodges, Donna K., Kreiner, Barrett Morris, Peterson, Jonathan M.
• Granted Patent: US 8,085,796 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/313
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2856 Access arrangements, e.g. Internet access asynchronous transfer mode networks H04L12/5601; broadband local area networks H04L12/2801; optical access or distribution networks H04Q11/0067; access to open networks H04L12/5691; digital subscriber line end-user equipment and bit-level processing of data on a PSTN-based network H04M11/00; home network gateways H04L12/2834; wireless access networks H04W
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2898 Subscriber equipments DSL modems H04M11/062; cable modems H04L12/2801
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/4604 LAN interconnection over a backbone network, e.g. Internet, Frame Relay
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/105 Multiple levels of security
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/568 Storing data temporarily at an intermediate stage, e.g. caching
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/63 Routing a service request depending on the request content or context
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/328 in the presentation layer [OSI layer 6]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/18 Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/16 Gateway arrangements

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.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

selecting a user'"'"'s communications device from a plurality of the user'"'"'s communications devices;

receiving data for communication between a personal digital gateway and the selected communications device;

storing profiles for each of the user'"'"'s plurality of communications devices;

retrieving a profile associated with the selected communications device;

interpreting the data according to a rule-based engine;

processing the data according to an edge side assembler; and

communicating the data and the profile from the personal digital gateway to the selected communications device.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising configuring the data for a presentation format that is compatible for the selected communications device.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing a user interface in memory of the personal digital gateway.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing a configuration agent that provides a listing of the plurality of the user'"'"'s communications devices.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising modifying the profiles that correspond to each of the plurality of the user'"'"'s communications devices.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing a collection of bookmarks in the profile, each bookmark having a date stamp that indicates a specific version of the data.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising splitting a display screen of the selected communications device into a first viewing area that displays management controls and into a second viewing area that displays the data communicated from the from the personal digital gateway.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing authentication information associated with the selected communications device.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing presentation formats associated with each of the plurality of the user'"'"'s communications devices.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing a display size for each of the plurality of the user'"'"'s communications devices.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing a timing sequence to automatically refresh a linked site for each of the plurality of the user'"'"'s communications devices.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing a networking capability for each of the plurality of the user'"'"'s communications devices.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving an updated file from a co-author.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising sending a message to inform each co-author of the updated file.

15. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

storing routing instructions for sending messages to the co-authors; and

automatically sending the messages to inform each co-author of the updated file.

16. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

automatically detecting when a file is uploaded to the personal digital gateway from any of the user'"'"'s plurality of communications devices; and

sending a message to a list of contacts querying whether any of the contacts would like to receive a copy of the file.

17. The method according to claim 1, further comprising charging a fee when the copy of the file is downloaded.

18. The method according to claim 1, further comprising associating the profile to the selected communications device.

19. A system, comprising:

means for selecting a user'"'"'s communications device from a plurality of the user'"'"'s communications devices;

means for receiving data for communication between a personal digital gateway and the selected communications device;

means for storing profiles for each of the user'"'"'s plurality of communications devices;

means for retrieving a profile associated with the selected communications device;

a rule-based engine that interprets the data;

an edge side assembler that processes the data; and

means for communicating the data and the profile from the personal digital gateway to the selected communications device.

20. A computer readable medium storing processor executable instructions for performing a method, the method comprising:

selecting a user'"'"'s communications device from a plurality of the user'"'"'s communications devices;

receiving data for communication between a personal digital gateway and the selected communications device;

storing profiles for each of the user'"'"'s plurality of communications devices;

retrieving a profile associated with the selected communications device;

interpreting the data according to a rule-based engine;

processing the data according to an edge side assembler; and

communicating the data and the profile from the personal digital gateway to the selected communications device.