US 12,015,677 B2Granted

Methods and apparatus for supporting platform and application development and operation

AssigneeCharter Communications Operating, LLC

InventorsShlomo Ovadia, Michael Kloberdans

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Abstract

Apparatus and methods related to on-boarding software applications on a platform used in a content delivery and/or service provider network. In one embodiment, a centralized platform such as a premises gateway is provided to act as an application portal or store for all consumer devices that connects to a service provider network. In one variant, a software architecture is provided for the gateway which includes at least one of an open-sourced OS (e.g., OpenWrt) and containerization engine (e.g., Docker) which enables a broader range of application compatibility with the gateway itself and end user devices within the premises by abstracting the services and functions above the specific hardware/firmware configurations of each of the end user devices.

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Dependent claims

A software architecture for use in a computerized premises device of a managed content distribution network, the software architecture enabling compatibility between a plurality of application software components and a plurality of computerized devices associated with the computerized premises device, the plurality of computerized devices having heterogeneous hardware and firmware configurations, the software architecture comprising:

an open-source operating system (OS) having a plurality of containerized application software components operative to execute on a first processor apparatus;
and
a container engine software layer having a plurality of components operative to execute on the first processor apparatus, the container engine software layer being communicative with the open-source OS and configured to support the plurality of containerized application software components;
wherein the open-sourced OS and the container engine software layer are cooperative to enable communication between each of the plurality of computerized devices and the computerized premises device using software on each of the plurality of computerized devices which is compatible with at least one of the plurality of containerized application software components and the open-source OS and which is abstracted above its respective computerized device hardware and firmware configuration.

1 more element

Computerized apparatus, comprising:

a first processor apparatus;
a data interface in data communication with the first processor apparatus, the data interface configured for data communication with an end user device (EUD);
an open-source operating system (OS) having a plurality of containerized application software components operative to execute on the first processor apparatus;
and
a container engine software layer having a plurality of components operative to execute on the first processor apparatus, the container engine software layer being communicative with the open-source OS and configured to support the plurality of containerized application software components;
wherein the open-sourced OS and the container engine software layer are cooperative to enable communication between a plurality of computerized devices and the computerized apparatus via use of software on each of the plurality of computerized devices which is compatible with at least one of the plurality of containerized application software components and the open-source OS and which is abstracted above respective heterogeneous hardware and firmware configurations of the plurality of computerized devices.

3 more elements

A computerized method for utilizing an open-source operating system (OS) having a plurality of containerized application software components operative to execute on a first processor apparatus of a computerized premises device, the computerized method comprising:

causing execution, on the first processor apparatus, of having a plurality of components of a container engine software layer, the container engine software layer being communicative with the open-source OS and configured to support the plurality of containerized application software components;
and
enabling, via cooperation of the open-sourced OS and the container engine software layer, communication between a plurality of computerized devices and the computerized premises device using software on each of the plurality of computerized devices which is compatible with at least one of the plurality of containerized application software components and the open-source OS and which is abstracted above respective heterogeneous hardware and firmware configurations of the plurality of computerized devices.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/844,632Filed 20 Jun 2022 · division
Priority: 17 Sep 2019
Published: US 2022/0321675 A16 Oct 2022
Granted: 18 Jun 2024
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification8 codes

H04L 67/34
Network arrangements or protocols for supporting network services or applications: involving the movement of software or configuration parameters
H04L 41/0806
Configuration setting: for initial configuration or provisioning, e.g. plug-and-play
H04L 41/022
Standardisation; Integration: multivendor or multi-standard integration
H04L 41/046
Network management architectures or arrangements: comprising network management agents or mobile agents therefor

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Application16/573,770Parent of this division · filed 17 Sep 2019
US 11,368,552 B2Parent of this division · filed 21 Jun 2022
US 2022/0321675 A1Pre-grant publication · published 6 Oct 2022
US 2021/0084117 A1Published application
US 12,015,677 B2This patent

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