Patent ID: 8060557

Claim:
A method of providing application services to a consumer, comprising: providing an application services gateway local to a location of a consumer device to be connected to a communications gateway for the consumer, the application services gateway providing execution of the application services selected by the consumer, wherein capabilities provided to the application services gateway and cost of the application services gateway vary depending on the application services selected by the consumer; and administering the application services of the application services gateway from a network location in communication with the application services gateway through the communications gateway, wherein administering the application services comprises: configuring the application services gateway to implement a lifecycle management of the application services; classifying at least one first application service as a high value service, wherein high value services are administered with increased reliability and speed; and administering at least one second application service without requiring rebooting of the application services gateway and without disrupting the execution of the at least one first application classified as a high value service.