Application services gateway

An application services gateway, comprising:

• a services interface to an external system;
• a local area network interface;
• and
• a processing device configured to:
• receive administration commands through the network interface,
• execute application programs to bring about application services in accordance with the administration commands, and
• administer the application services of the application services gateway from the verified network location in communication with the application services gateway through a communications gateway, wherein administering the application services comprises a services framework manages the execution, versioning, and configuration of the application services and allows a verified network location to manage the installation of the application services.

An application services gateway system, comprising:

• storage containing an application program;
• a local area network interface;
• and
• a processing device configured to:
• execute a real-time operating system,
• execute a virtual machine atop the operating system,
• execute a services framework atop the virtual framework,
• administer an application services, wherein administering the application services comprises sending a start execution instruction to the application services gateway when execution of at least one of the application services should begin and sending a stop execution instruction to the application services gateway when execution of the at least one of the application services should stop, and
• executing the application program from storage atop the services framework, wherein the execution of the services framework provides for reception of administration instructions through the local area network interface to control execution of the application program.

A system for providing application services to a consumer, comprising:

• a network services gateway connected to a network and having access to a store of application programs;
• a communications gateway connected to the network remotely from the network services gateway;
• and
• an application services gateway connected to the communications gateway comprising:
• means for receiving application programs and instructions for controlling execution of the application programs from the network services gateway through the communications gateway, and
• means for administering the application services, wherein administering the application services comprises means for sending a start execution instruction to the application services gateway when execution of at least one of the application services should begin and means for sending a stop execution instruction to the application services gateway when execution of the at least one of the application services should stop.