Patent ID: 8385351
Filing Date: 2013-02-26
Classification: H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A method for providing automatic fail-over service for premises equipment that is accessing a network via a first network access medium, the fail-over service providing fail-over from the first network access medium to a second network access medium, the method comprising: at the premises equipment, responding to a first network ping received from a location remote from the premises equipment through the network and through the first network access medium; at the premises equipment, responding to a second network ping received from the location remote from the premises equipment through the network and through the second network access medium; at the premises equipment, receiving a message from the location remote from the premises equipment to change from accessing the network via the first network access medium to accessing the network via the second network access medium; and at the premises equipment, in response to the message, changing from accessing the network via the first network access medium to accessing the network via the second network access medium.