Patent ID: 9467481
Filing Date: 2016-10-11
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
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.