Patent ID: 6690675
Filing Date: 2004-02-10
Classification: H04L,H04M

Abstract:
A broadband residential gateway comprised of:a) a high speed bus, b) a processor bus, c) a distributed processing controller connected to said high speed bus and to said processor bus, d) a plurality of functional units connected to said high speed bus, including 1) a universal remote control receiver module, 2) a display, display driver, touch screen logic module, 3) one or more TV port modules, 4) one or more data port modules, 5) one or more telephony port modules 6) one or more peripheral port modules, 7) one or more intercom modules, 8) one or more wireless interface modules, 9) one or more voice recognition/voice synthesis modules, 10) a set-top box module, 11) a memory for storing information and operating data within the broadband residential gateway, 12) a transceiver for communicating with one or more external broadband networks, 13) an operating program store for storing at least portions of operating programs for the broadband residential gateway and devices connected thereto, and 14) a security processor, smart card and/or credit card interface module, e) a plurality of distributed processing modules connected to said processor bus, including 1) a telephony processing module, 2) a data processing module, 3) a video processing module, 4) an auxiliary processing module, 5) an IP processing module, and 6) an operations administration maintenance and provisioning processing module, f) said distributed processing controller being programmed to automatically place a telephone call to a predetermined telephone number in response to the occurrence of a predetermined physical event that causes an electrical signal to be generated at one of said port modules.