US 8,009,608 B2 · Method and system for extended network access services advertising via a broadband access gateway

Abstract

A system and method supporting the advertising of extended network access to multimedia services via a broadband access gateway is disclosed. A representative embodiment of the present invention may comprise a wireless interface and may be capable of exchanging multimedia communication between the wireless interface and a broadband network. The gateway may determine available media-related services, and may transmit information about those services to an access device that may comprise, for example, a mobile multimedia handset, a personal digital assistant, and a personal computer. The access device may notify a user of the availability of the media-related services using visual and/or audible means. The gateway may receive from the access device capability and/or subscriber related information, and the gateway may transmit service information based upon the capability and/or subscriber-related information.

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Dependent claims

A system supporting advertising of user accessibility to multimedia services, the system comprising:

a gateway communicatively coupled to a broadband network and at least one wireless interface, the gateway capable of selectively exchanging multimedia information among the at least one wireless interface and the broadband network, and of communicating with a plurality of access devices via the at least one wireless interface;
the gateway capable of providing to the plurality of access devices via the at least one wireless interface, access to at least one media-related service;
the gateway transmitting service information comprising a service advertisement of selectable services offered by the gateway, via the at least one wireless interface, to at least a portion of the plurality of access devices;
the at least a portion of the plurality of access devices notifying a user of the received service information comprising the service advertisement of the selectable services offered by the gateway;
and
the gateway downloading, upgrading and/or updating operating code when at least one of the plurality of access devices that supports services or features that are not presently supported by the gateway gains access to the gateway.

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A non-transitory machine-readable storage, having stored thereon a computer program having a plurality of code sections for operating a gateway supporting advertising of multimedia information services, the code sections executable by a machine for causing the machine to perform the operations comprising:

initializing communication via a broadband network;
determining, via one or more of a personal area network, a wireless local area network, and/or the broadband network, service information comprising availability of media-related services and a service advertisement of selectable services offered by the gateway;
detecting, via one or both of the personal area network and/or the wireless local area network, the presence of an access device;
downloading, upgrading and/or updating operating code when the access device that supports services or features that are not presently supported by the gateway gains access to the gateway;
and
transmitting the service information comprising the availability of media-related services and the service advertisement of the selectable services offered by the gateway to the access device via the one or both of the personal network and/or the wireless local area network.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Method and system for extended network access services advertising via a broadband access gateway

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