Multi-access gateway for direct to residence communication services

摘要

Different residences can be communicatively linked to a communication backbone via a multi-access gateway, where each residence comprises an adapter through which a set of IP devices directly connect to the multi-access gateway via IPSec compliant communication channels. The multi-access gateway can connect each of the IP devices to remotely located resources. Telecommunication services can be provided to the IP devices in the residences for fees. The multi-access gateway can controls specifics of the telecommunication services, which can include emergency (e.g., 911) services, home control services, and residential administration services. Any of the telecommunication services can be initiated, modified, or terminated by a carrier maintaining the multi-access gateway on a per residence basis for any of the different residences.

主权项

1. A method for providing residential telecommunication services comprising:
connecting a plurality of different internet protocol (IP) devices within hundreds of different residences via in-residence adaptors, wherein one adaptor exists for each of the hundreds of different residences, said adaptor being customer premise equipment (CPE) lacking routing capabilities; communicatively linking each of the adaptors to a remotely located multi-access gateway controlled by a carrier, wherein the multi-access gateway is part of the middle-mile of a communication network, wherein the multi-access gateway provides routing directly to IP addresses of each of the plurality of IP devices without any intermediate gateways; conducting TCP/IP based communications between each of the IP devices and the multi-access gateway, said communications occurring through the adapters at the link level of the TCP/IP stack, where the conducted TCP/IP based communications through the adaptor do not occur above the link layer of the TCP/IP stack; providing, through the multi-access gateway, a plurality of telecommunication services to the residences, wherein said telecommunication services comprise emergency services for the IP devices, and wherein the multi-access gateway controls access by each residence to the telecommunication services, to allow any of the telecommunication services to be initiated, modified, or terminated by a carrier maintaining the multi-access gateway on a per residence basis for any of the different residences; storing customizable residence specific settings for each of the residences in a data store accessible by computing equipment able to control residence specific behavior of the multi-access gateway, wherein said customizable residence specific settings determine details of the telecommunication services as provided to specific ones of the residences; generating an emergency report about an emergency incident triggered by one of the IP devices; and posting the emergency report to a Web page to be shared by all individuals in a residence related to the emergency report, wherein the Web page is accessible by a Web browser.