Patent ID: 8654631

Claim:
A method for providing a back-up internet protocol connection, comprising: monitoring, by a processor, a primary internet protocol connection to a subscriber premises, wherein the primary internet protocol connection services a plurality of endpoints at the subscriber premises; detecting, by the processor, a degradation of the primary internet protocol connection to the subscriber premises; providing, by the processor, an option to snooze a notification that the primary internet protocol connection has degraded and to switch over to the back-up internet protocol connection at a later time; activating, by the processor, the back-up internet protocol connection to the subscriber premises to provide a service to the plurality of endpoints at the subscriber premises at the later time; reporting, by the processor, a frequency of switching between the primary internet protocol connection and the back-up internet protocol connection to a provider of the primary internet protocol connection; obtaining, by the processor, a maintenance schedule from the provider of the primary internet protocol connection; and activating, by the processor, the back-up internet protocol connection to the subscriber premises in advance of the primary internet protocol connection being taken down for maintenance in accordance with the maintenance schedule.