Multi-services application gateway and system employing the same
An intelligent gateway device provided at a premise (home or business) for providing and managing application services associated with use and support of a plurality of digital endpoint devices associated with the premises. The device includes a communications and processing infrastructure integrated with a peer and presence messaging based communications protocol for enabling communications between the device and an external support network and between the device and connected digital endpoint devices. A services framework at the gateway device implements the communications and processing infrastructure for enabling service management, service configuration, and authentication of user of services at the intelligent gateway. The framework provides a storage and execution environment for supporting and executing received service logic modules relating to use, management, and support of the digital endpoint devices. Thus, the gateway device provides a network-based services point of presence for a plurality of digital endpoint devices at the premises.
1. An application gateway locatable at a user premises, comprising:
at least one data communication interface providing wide area network and local area network access; and
an application services layer module including logic controllable by a services management center, said application services layer module enables a first gateway user to store personal e-health information on a gateway and to selectively invite a user or group of users to access said personal e-health information via a remote wide area network connection, providing secure access and authentication credentials to the invited user or group of users and enabling the first gateway user to control the type and amount of the personal e-health information the invited user or group of users may access, and wherein the application services layer module enables the first gateway user to revoke the authentication credentials of the invited user or group of users and disallow access to the personal e-health information.
2. The application gateway of claim 1 , wherein the application services layer module provides the capability to encrypt the personal e-health information and subsequently decrypt personal e-health information based upon the positive authentication of the invited user or group of users authentication credentials.
3. The application gateway of claim 1 , wherein the application services layer module enables the first gateway user to subsequently modify the amount of the personal e-health information the invited user or group of users can access.
4. The application gateway of claim 1 , wherein the invited user or group of users accesses the personal e-health information via a second application gateway that is located remote from the gateway.
5. The application gateway of claim 4 , wherein the second application gateway enables the invited user or group of users to view the personal e-health information on a TV.
6. The application gateway of claim 1 , wherein the personal e-health information includes documents, charts, status, and/or medical information derived and compiled from electronic monitoring devices.
7. The application gateway of claim 1 , wherein the invited and authenticated users can place tags and comments on the accessed personal e-health information.
8. The application gateway of claim 1 , wherein the accessed personal e-health information can be aggregated by the first gateway user into a viewing page and stored on the gateway, wherein said viewing page is viewable by the invited user or group of users.
9. The application gateway of claim 1 , wherein the invited user or group of users is notified of personal e-health information updates automatically as they occur if a change in information is detected.
10. The application gateway of claim 1 , wherein the invited user accesses the personal e-health information via a second application gateway that is located remote from the first user's application gateway.
11. The application gateway of claim 10 , wherein the second application gateway enables the invited user or group of users to view the personal e-health information on a TV.
12. An application gateway locatable at a user premises, comprising:
at least one data communication interface providing wide area network and local area network access; and
an application services layer module including logic controllable by a services management center, said application services layer module enables a first gateway user to store personal e-health information on said gateway and to selectively invite a user or group of users to access said personal e-health information via a remote wide area network connection, providing secure access and authentication credentials to the invited user or group of users and enabling the first gateway user to control the type and amount of the personal e-health information the invited user or group of users may access, wherein the application services layer module provides the capability to encrypt the personal e-health information and subsequently decrypt the personal e-health information based upon the positive authentication credentials of the invited user or group of users, and wherein the application services layer module enables the first gateway user to revoke the authentication credentials of the invited user or group of users and disallow access to the personal e-health information.
13. The application gateway of claim 12 , wherein the application services layer module enables the first gateway user to subsequently modify the amount of the personal e-health information the invited user or group of users can access.
14. The application gateway of claim 12 , wherein the personal e-health information includes documents, charts, status, and/or medical information derived and compiled from electronic monitoring devices.
15. The application gateway of claim 12 , wherein the invited and authenticated users can place tags and comments on the accessed personal e-health information.
16. The application gateway of claim 12 , wherein the accessed personal e-health information can be aggregated by the first gateway user into a viewing page and stored on the gateway, wherein said viewing page is viewable by the invited user or group of users.
17. The application gateway of claim 12 , wherein the invited user or group of users is notified of personal e-health information updates automatically as they occur if a change in information is detected.
18. An application gateway locatable at a user premises, comprising:
at least one data communication interface providing wide area network and local area network access; and
an application services layer module including logic controllable by a services management center, said application services layer module providing the capability for a first gateway user to store personal information on a gateway and enable the first gateway user to selectively invite a user or group of users to access the personal information via a remote wide area network connection, providing secure access and authentication credentials to an invited user or group of users and enabling the first gateway user to control the type and amount of personal information the invited user or group of users may access, wherein the application services layer module enables the first gateway user to revoke the authentication credentials of the invited user or group of users and disallow access to the personal information.
19. The application gateway of claim 18 , wherein the application services layer module provides the capability to encrypt the personal information and subsequently decrypt the personal information based upon the positive authentication of the invited user or group of users authentication credentials.
20. The application gateway of claim 18 , wherein the application services layer module enables the first gateway user to subsequently modify the amount of the personal information the invited user or group of users can access.
21. The application gateway of claim 18 , wherein the invited user or group of users access the personal information via a second application gateway that is located remote from the gateway.
22. The application gateway of claim 21 , wherein the second application gateway enables the invited user or group of users to view the personal information on a TV.
23. The application gateway of claim 18 , wherein the personal information includes documents, charts, status, and/or medical information derived and compiled from electronic monitoring devices.
24. The application gateway of claim 18 , wherein the invited user and the authenticated users can place tags and comments on the personal information.
25. The application gateway of claim 18 , wherein the personal information can be aggregated and stored on the gateway.
26. The application gateway of claim 18 , wherein the invited user or group of users is notified of personal information updates automatically as they occur if a change in information is detected.
27. The application gateway of claim 18 , wherein the application services layer module enables revocation of the authentication credentials of the invited user or group of users and disallows access to the personal information.