Patent ID: 7904074

Claim:
A system supporting remote configuration and control of a plurality of access devices via a broadband access gateway, the system comprising: a gateway communicatively coupled to a broadband network and at least one wireless interface, the gateway configured to selectively communicate multimedia information among the at least one wireless interface and the broadband network, and communicate with the plurality of access devices via the at least one wireless interface; the gateway configured to collect, from at least a portion of the plurality of access devices, information identifying each access device and a corresponding set of services that may be remotely initiated; the gateway configured to transmit at least a portion of the collected information to a first one of the plurality of access devices, when the first one of the plurality of access devices is detected to be communicatively coupled to the gateway; the gateway configured to receive, from the first one of the plurality of access devices, a user selection of a second one of the plurality of access devices; the gateway configured to provide to the first one of the plurality of access devices, responsive to the user selection of the second one of the plurality of access devices, a set of instructions executed on the first one of the plurality of access devices to produce a user interface appropriate for configuration/control of the second one of the plurality of access devices, wherein aspects of the user interface for configuration/control of the second one of the plurality of access devices are subject to the privileges of the user of the first one of the plurality of access devices, as determined by the gateway using the information identifying the first one of the plurality of access devices collected by the gateway; the gateway configured to receive, from the first one of the plurality of access devices, a first message requesting that the second one of the plurality of access devices perform an identified service; the gateway configured to adapt the first message to a second message compatible with the second one of the plurality of access devices based upon the first message and the collected information; and the gateway configured to deliver the second message to the second one of the plurality of access devices.