Patent ID: 6671730
Filing Date: 2003-12-30
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A data gateway unit comprising:configuration information update means for examining a connection state of a terminal on a customer premise network side, and for updating configuration information on the customer premise network; service menu means for enumerating, in response to the configuration information on the customer premise network which said configuration update means updates, available services the terminal on the customer premise network side can implement; service presentation and selection means for notifying a user of the available services said service menu means enumerates, and for accepting a service selected by the user; wherein said service menu means looks at a service table to enumerate the available services the terminal on the customer premise network side can implement, the service table describing combinations of functional components for implementing particular services; and wherein said service menu means requests a service provider connected to a public network to send update data of the service table, and updates the service table in accordance with the update data sent from the service provider.