Systems and methods for providing application services
View Patent ↗A network interface system is provided with an addressable application device and a processor. The addressable application device is adapted to interface with a transport medium internal to a customer premises. The processor is adapted to selectively process telecommunication information originating from a transport medium external to the customer premises. The processor is further adapted to transmit the processed telecommunication information to the addressable application device for implementation of an application over the transport medium internal to the customer premises in accordance with a state of the addressable application device. The addressable application device and the processor are disposed external to the customer premises.
1. A network interface system comprising:
an addressable application device adapted to interface with a transport medium internal to a customer premises; and
a processor adapted to selectively process telecommunication information originating from a transport medium external to the customer premises, and to transmit the processed telecommunication information to the addressable application device for implementation of an application over the transport medium internal to the customer premises in accordance with a state of the addressable application device,
wherein the addressable application device and the processor are disposed external to the customer premises.
2. The network interface system recited in claim 1 wherein the addressable application device and the processor are disposed on an exterior wall of the customer premises.
3. The network interface system recited in claim 1 wherein the addressable application device and the processor are disposed within a common housing.
4. The network interface system recited in claim 1 further comprising a service interface for addressing the addressable application device.
5. The network interface system recited in claim 4 wherein the service interface is a physical interface.
6. The network interface system recited in claim 4 wherein the service interface is a logical interface.
7. The network interface system recited in claim 1 further comprising an isolation device interfaced with the processor and adapted to isolate the transport medium internal to the customer premises from the transport medium external to the customer premises.
8. The network interface system recited in claim 7 wherein the isolation device is further adapted to mediate a flow of the telecommunication information between the transport media internal and external to the customer premises.
9. The network interface system recited in claim 7 wherein:
the telecommunication information comprises voice signals and non-voice-signals; and
the isolation device is further adapted to separate the voice signals from the non-voice-signals.
10. The network interface system recited in claim 1 wherein:
the telecommunication information is provided by a telecommunications service provider who maintains the transport medium external to the customer premises; and
the transport medium internal to the customer premises is maintained by a customer of the telecommunications service provider.
11. The network interface system recited in claim 1 wherein the processor is further adapted to selectively route telecommunication information originating from a second transport medium external to the customer premises to the addressable application device for implementation of the application over the transport medium internal to the customer premises in accordance with the state of the addressable application device.
12. The network interface system recited in claim 1 wherein the processor is further adapted to selectively route the telecommunication information to a second addressable application device for implementation of a second application over the transport medium internal to the customer premises in accordance with a state of the second addressable application device.
13. The network interface system recited in claim 12 wherein the second addressable application device is disposed external to the customer premises.
14. The network interface system recited in claim 1 wherein the transport medium external to the customer premises comprises an asynchronous transfer mode network.
15. The network interface system recited in claim 1 wherein the transport medium external to the customer premises comprises a vlan tag.
16. The network interface system recited in claim 1 wherein the transport medium external to the customer premises comprises an rf connection.
17. A method for providing telecommunication information to a transport medium internal to a customer premises, the method comprising:
receiving the telecommunication information from a transport medium external to the customer premises with a processor;
selectively processing the received telecommunication information with the processor;
transmitting the processed telecommunication information to an addressable application device disposed external to the customer premises; and
thereafter, implementing an application over the transport medium internal to the customer premises with the addressable application device.
18. The method recited in claim 17 further comprising addressing the addressable application device to change a state of the addressable application device that defines an implementation of the application.
19. The method recited in claim 18 wherein addressing the addressable application device comprises interacting physically with a service interface of the addressable application device.
20. The method recited in claim 18 wherein addressing the addressable application device comprises interacting logically with a service interface of the addressable application device.
21. The method recited in claim 17 further comprising isolating the transport medium internal to the customer premises from the transport medium external to the customer premises.
22. The method recited in claim 17 further comprising mediating a flow of the telecommunication information between the media internal and external to the customer premises.
23. The method recited in claim 17 wherein the telecommunication information comprises voice signals and non-voice-signals, the method further comprising separating the voice signals from the non-voice-signals.
24. The method recited in claim 17 wherein:
the telecommunication information is provided by a telecommunications service provider who maintains the transport medium external to the customer premises; and
the transport medium internal to the customer premises is maintained by a customer of the telecommunications service provider.
25. The method recited in claim 17 further comprising receiving the telecommunication information from a second transport medium external to the customer premises with the processor.
26. The method recited in claim 17 further comprising:
transmitting the processed telecommunication information to a second addressable application device; and
thereafter, implementing a second application over the transport medium internal to the customer premises with the second addressable application device.
27. The method recited in claim 26 wherein the second addressable application device is disposed external to the customer premises.
28. A network interface system comprising:
means for receiving the telecommunication information from a transport medium external to a customer premises;
means for selectively processing the received telecommunication information; and
means for implementing an application over a transport medium internal to the customer premises with the processed telecommunication information in accordance with a state of the means for implementing the application,
wherein the means for selectively processing the received telecommunication information and the means for implementing the application are disposed external to the customer premises.
29. The network interface system recited in claim 28 wherein the means for selectively processing the received telecommunication information and the means for implementing the application are disposed within a common means for housing the means for selectively processing the received telecommunication information and the means for implementing the application.
30. The network interface system recited in claim 28 further comprising a service interface means for addressing the means for implementing the application.
31. The network interface system recited in claim 30 wherein the service interface means comprises a means for physically interfacing with the means for implementing the application.
32. The network interface system recited in claim 30 wherein the service interface means comprises a means for logically interfacing with the means for implementing the application.
33. The network interface system recited in claim 28 further comprising means for isolating the transport medium internal to the customer premises from the transport medium external to the customer premises.
34. The network interface system recited in claim 28 further comprising means for mediating a flow of the telecommunication information between the transport media internal and external to the customer premises.
35. The network interface system recited in claim 28 wherein:
the telecommunication information comprises voice signals and non-voice-signals; and
the network interface system further comprises means for separating the voice signals from the non-voice-signals.
36. The network interface system recited in claim 28 further comprising means for receiving the telecommunication information from a second transport medium external to the customer premises.
37. The network interface system recited in claim 36 further comprising second means for implementing a second application over the transport medium internal to the customer premises with the processed telecommunication information in accordance with a state of the second means for implementing the second application.