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US 8,176,112 B2Granted
Systems, methods, and products for multimedia applications gateways
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsJohn A. Hicks, IIII, Jason Savard, Gerald Ezrol
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for a multimedia applications gateway. A home network management application is downloaded to the multimedia applications gateway operating in a home network. An anomaly that occurs in the home network is observed. An alert is sent to an external network controller, and the alert describes the anomaly in the home network. An instruction is received from the external network controller to remedy the anomaly.
Claims15
A method, comprising:
- downloading a home network management application to a multimedia applications gateway operating in a home network;
- receiving a water pressure measurement in a water heater at the home network management application;
- receiving a water temperature in the water heater at the home network management application;
- receiving a thermostat setting in the water heater at the home network management application;
- determining the water pressure drops below a threshold value;
- determining a leak in the water heater when a pressure rate of change exceeds a threshold pressure rate value;
- increasing the thermostat setting to recover a desired water temperature in the water heater;
- determining the water temperature drops below the desired water temperature;
- reducing the water pressure to recover the desired water temperature;
- detecting an error code indicating an error occurring in the home network;
- sending an alert from the multimedia applications gateway to an external network controller that describes a port of a router experiencing the error code occurring in the home network;
- and
- receiving an instruction at the multimedia applications gateway to disable the port of the router.
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A non-transitory computer readable medium storing processor executable instructions for performing a method, the method comprising:
- downloading a home network management application to a multimedia applications gateway operating in a home network;
- detecting packet delay occurring in the home network;
- sending an alert to an external network controller that describes a port of a router experiencing the packet delay in the home network;
- receiving an instruction from the external network controller to disable the port of the router;
- receiving a water pressure within a water heater;
- receiving a water temperature within the water heater;
- receiving a thermostat setting of the water heater;
- determining the water pressure drops below a threshold value;
- increasing the thermostat setting to recover a desired water temperature;
- determining the water temperature drops below the desired water temperature;
- reducing the water pressure to recover the desired water temperature;
- determining the water temperature exceeds a maximum permissible value;
- determining a leak in the water heater when a pressure rate of change exceeds a threshold pressure rate value;
- reducing the water pressure to reduce an over-pressure condition;
- and
- reducing the water pressure to reduce an over-pressure condition when the water temperature exceeds a maximum permissible value.
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A system, comprising:
- a processor executing code stored in memory that causes the processor to:
- downloading a home network management application to a multimedia applications gateway operating in a home network;
- receiving a water pressure measurement in a water heater at the home network management application;
- receiving a water temperature in the water heater at the home network management application;
- receiving a thermostat setting in the water heater at the home network management application;
- determining the water pressure drops below a threshold value to indicate a leak in the water heater;
- increasing the thermostat setting to recover a desired water temperature in the water heater;
- determining the water temperature drops below the desired water temperature;
- reducing the water pressure to recover the desired water temperature;
- detecting an error code indicating an error occurring in the home network;
- sending an alert from the multimedia applications gateway to an external network controller that describes a port of a router experiencing the error code occurring in the home network;
- and
- receiving an instruction at the multimedia applications gateway to disable the port of the router.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.