Patent ID: 8898286

Claim:
A method for providing secure transactions via a broadband gateway, comprising: controlling, by said broadband gateway in communication with a plurality of devices, storage of information associated with a plurality of accounts corresponding to a user of said broadband gateway in memory, wherein said broadband gateway is operable to handle at least one physical layer connection to at least one corresponding network access service provider; aggregating, by said broadband gateway, a plurality of similar transactions initiated by said user to facilitate a transaction utilizing said broadband gateway, said transaction being a single financial transaction; authorizing, by said broadband gateway, said transaction initiated by said user via a respective one of said devices within a network serviced by said broadband gateway, said user corresponding to at least one of said plurality of accounts, said transaction conducted by said broadband gateway using said stored information; and if said transaction initiated by said user via said respective one of said devices is authorized, communicating, by said broadband gateway, said transaction and at least a portion of said stored information to an interested service to conduct said transaction.