UTILIZING A GATEWAY FOR BROKERING AND/OR ARBITRATING SERVICE CONSUMPTION OPTIONS
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- receiving a request for a service at a broadband gateway, wherein the service comprises providing content;
searching by the broadband gateway for a plurality of providers of the content; and
receiving the content from a selected provider of the providers of the service, wherein the selected provider is chosen by the broadband gateway in response to user criteria comprising a quality of service preference.
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Abstract
A broadband gateway may provision services requested in a home network managed and/or serviced by the broadband gateway by a user associated with the broadband gateway, based on determination of criteria related to the requested service. The requested service may comprise obtaining and/or delivering content for consumption by one or more of a plurality of devices serviced by the broadband gateway in the home network. The criteria may comprise device related data, user preference related information, service performance related parameters, payment related information, and/or energy use related information. The broadband gateway may store information associated with the determined criteria. Provisioning requested services may comprise negotiating with at least one remote resource that may support at least a portion of the requested service. The negotiation may comprise brokering and/or arbitrating a plurality of options of remote resources utilized for providing the at least a portion of the requested service.
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20 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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receiving a request for a service at a broadband gateway, wherein the service comprises providing content; searching by the broadband gateway for a plurality of providers of the content; and receiving the content from a selected provider of the providers of the service, wherein the selected provider is chosen by the broadband gateway in response to user criteria comprising a quality of service preference. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method in a broadband gateway for communication with a plurality of devices, the method comprising:
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receiving a request for a service via the broadband gateway, wherein the service comprises providing content; selecting a selected provider of the providers of the service, wherein the selected provider is chosen by the broadband gateway using provider identification for the service, a time characteristic and a price characteristic; and receiving the content by the broadband gateway from the selected provider. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10)
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11. A system, comprising:
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one or more circuits, one or more processors, or any combination thereof for use in a gateway, the one or more circuits, one or more processors, or any combination thereof being operable to; receive a request for a service associated with at least one remote resource via the gateway, the service being a delivery of video; and select a selected provider from a plurality of providers of the service, wherein the selected provider is chosen by the broadband gateway in response to user criteria comprising a quality of service preference or pricing preference. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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