Systems for end user premise event notification

An apparatus for notifying a party of a particular event at a first end-user premise, the party being located at a second end-user premise, said apparatus being located at the first end-user premise and being connected to a communications network via a first communication link, said apparatus controlling data routing within a first local network at the first end-user premise, the second end-user premise including a communication apparatus connected to the communications network via a second communication link, the communication apparatus controlling data routing within a second local network at the second end-user premise, said apparatus comprising:

• a processing entity configured to:
• obtain an indication of the particular event based on information transmitted by an end-user device within the first local network;
• and
• select the party for notification of the particular event using a selection process to select the second end-user premise within a wireless range of the first end-user premise based on one or more dynamic variables associated with the second end-user premise;
• and
• a notification entity configured to:
• cause said apparatus to wirelessly join the second local network to establish a wireless communication link between said apparatus and the communication apparatus;
• and
• transmit information to the communication apparatus via the wireless communication link such that, upon receiving the information transmitted via the wireless communication link, the communication apparatus directs at least one end-user device within the second local network to issue a notification concerning the particular event.

An apparatus for notifying a party of a particular event at a first end-user premise, the first end-user premise including first end-user equipment connected to a communications network via a first communication link, said apparatus comprising:

• a processing entity configured to:
• obtain an indication of the particular event;
• and
• use a selection process to select a second end-user premise within a wireless range of the first end-user premise, the selection process selecting the second end-user premise in response to receiving the indication of the particular event based on one or more dynamic variables associated with the second end-user premise;
• and
• a notification entity configured to:
• establish a wireless communication link between the first end-user equipment and second end-user equipment at the selected second end-user premise, the second end-user equipment being connected to the communications network via a second communication link;
• and
• cause the first end-user equipment to transmit information to the second end-user equipment via the wireless communication link to instruct the second end-user equipment to issue a notification concerning the particular event.