Patent ID: 8824487
Filing Date: 2014-09-02
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
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, 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; a carrier controlling the multi-access gateway providing a plurality of telecommunication services to residential subscribers of the residences for fees; 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; and the carrier providing a user interface accessible by client-side browsers, wherein said user interface permit authorized users residing in the residences to modify at least a portion of the customizable residence specific settings for one of the residences in which the authorized user resides; uploading and storing emergency location information at the multiple-access gateway, wherein the emergency location information comprises audio and text; selectively uploading emergency information to the IP devices; presenting an indicator on the IP devices indicating whether or not the emergency information was successfully uploaded to the IP devices; upon receiving an indication of an emergency event, the multiple-access gateway sending the emergency location information about a residence associated with the emergency event to a responder for the emergency event, wherein the emergency location information comprises at least a name of a resident and an address of the residence; responsive to the detection of the emergency event, the multi-access gateway halting existing processes from the residence not related to the emergency event and disabling communication channels to devices unrelated to the emergency event; and once the emergency event is handled, resuming the halted processes and enabling the disabled communication channels.