Patent ID: 6018767
Filing Date: 2000-01-25
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
In a data-over-cable system including a network device connected to a first network with a first downstream connection of a first connection type, connected to a second network with an upstream connection of a second connection type and connected to the second network with a second downstream connection of a second connection type, the first network and second network connected to a third network with the third connection type, a method of managing network services, the method comprising the following steps:receiving a first message from the first network on the first downstream connection on the network device, wherein the first message includes a list of services on the third network available to the network device;storing the list of services from the first message on the network device;sending a second message from the network device on the upstream connection to the second network requesting one or more of the available network services on the third network from the list of services from the first message; andreceiving a third message on the second downstream connection from the second network on the network device indicating a status for one or more available network services requested by the network device in the second message.