Customer based internet of things (IOT)—transparent privacy functionality

A system, comprising:

• a network interface device (“NID”) serving as a demarcation point between a local area network (“LAN”) at a customer premises and a service provider network, the NID comprising:
• at least one first processor;
• a first non-transitory computer readable medium in communication with the at least one first processor, the first non-transitory computer readable medium having encoded thereon computer software comprising a first set of instructions that, when executed by the at least one first processor, causes the NID to perform one or more operations,
• the first set of instructions comprising:
• instructions for providing connectivity between the NID and each of one or more first user devices of a plurality of user devices associated with at least one of the customer premises or a user who is associated with the customer premises;
• instructions for, in response to determining that user selections that are received, via a user interface that is provided to a customer to select privacy settings for Internet of Things (“IoT”)—connected devices in a network, comprise a selection to restrict access to information regarding at least one portion of at least one of one or more first user devices connected to the network or one or more applications running on one or more first user devices connected to the network, sending at least one virtual network function (“VNF”) to each of the one or more first user devices via the LAN, the at least one VNF comprising a device identifier and a LAN device interconnection VNF and restricting, using the at least one VNF sent to each of the one or more first user devices, access by a third party to the information regarding the at least one portion of the at least one of one or more first user devices connected to the network or one or more applications running on one or more first user devices connected to the network;
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• instructions for sending one or more second VNFs to at least one network device in the service provider network that is accessible via one of LAN-to-network service chaining or network-to-LAN service chaining, each of the one or more second VNFs comprising a device identifier and a LAN device interconnection VNF, wherein the at least one first VNF and the one or more second VNFs are the same VNFs, and wherein the same VNFs are split between the one or more first user devices, which are in the LAN, and the at least one network device in the service provider network.

A network interface device (“NID”) serving as a demarcation point between a local area network (“LAN”) at a customer premises and a service provider network, the NID comprising:

• at least one processor;
• a non-transitory computer readable medium in communication with the at least one processor, the computer readable medium having encoded thereon computer software comprising a set of instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the NID to perform one or more operations, the set of instructions comprising:
• instructions for providing connectivity between the NID and each of one or more first user devices of a plurality of user devices associated with at least one of the customer premises or a user who is associated with the customer premises;
• instructions for, in response to determining that user selections that are received, via a user interface that is provided to a customer to select privacy settings for Internet of Things (“IoT”) connected devices in a network, comprise a selection to restrict access to information regarding at least one portion of at least one of one or more first user devices connected to the network or one or more applications running on one or more first user devices connected to the network, sending at least one virtual network function (“VNF”) to each of the one or more first user devices via the LAN, the at least one VNF comprising a device identifier and a LAN device interconnection VNF and restricting, using the at least one VNF sent to each of the one or more first user devices, access by a third party to the information regarding the at least one portion of the at least one of one or more first user devices connected to the network or one or more applications running on one or more first user devices connected to the network;
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• instructions for sending one or more second VNFs to at least one network device in the service provider network that is accessible via one of LAN-to-network service chaining or network-to-LAN service chaining, each of the one or more second VNFs comprising a device identifier and a LAN device interconnection VNF, wherein the at least one first VNF and the one or more second VNFs are the same VNFs, and wherein the same VNFs are split between the one or more first user devices, which are in the LAN, and the at least one network device in the service provider network.