Patent ID: 8645531

Claim:
A method of providing home network access across a NAT (network address translation) boundary for a remote monitoring service associated with a TMA (trusted monitoring agent), the method comprising: registering a subscribing HA (home agent) of a home network with a SG (signaling gateway) to establish a communication session; acquiring an UID (unique identifier) for the TMA; registering the TMA with an MA-SG (monitoring application signaling gateway); initiating a heartbeat between the TMA and the MA-SG; receiving an indication that the subscribing HA subscribes to the remote monitoring service associated with the TMA; directing the HA to fork the communication session with the SG into a monitoring fork; redirecting the monitoring fork of the communication session with the SG in the direction of the MA-SG; establishing a monitoring fork tunnel of the monitoring fork that connects the TMA and the HA through the MA-SG; and monitoring via the monitoring fork tunnel at least one device of the home network associated with the HA.