Patent ID: 9674301
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. A method implemented by a home gateway device to facilitate a connection between a remote management server and one or more customer-premises equipment (CPE) devices, the one or more CPE devices located within a local area network and serviced by the home gateway device, with each CPE device being allocated a private internet-protocol (IP) address, and the remote management server located within a wide area network and being allocated a public IP address, the method comprising: receiving, from an operation support system, a request to download a service module stored on a storage server, the request including an identifier associated with one of the CPE devices; in response to receiving the request, downloading the service module from the storage server; initiating the downloaded service module on the home gateway device; and in response to initiating the service module, instructing an identified one of the CPE devices based on the identifier to establish the connection with the remote management server via the home gateway device.