IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,652,711
Granted Patent B1
US 11,652,711 · App. 17/456,694 · Granted May 16, 2023

Systems and methods for providing individualized communication service

Inventors: Brian A. Scriber (Denver, CO); Brian Stahlhammer (Denver, CO); Darshak Thakore (Broomfield, CO); Martha Lurie Lyons (Sunnyvale, CA); Sanjay Patel (Louisville, CO); Stephen Arendt (Longmont, CO); Anju Ahuja (Santa Clara, CA)
Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.
H04L41/5054H04L41/02H04L63/08H04L67/303H04L12/5692H04L61/4588
View Patent ↗
Loading inventors, assignments & file history…
Monitor This Case
Get email alerts when status or documents change.
Order Certified Copies
Most orders are placed with the USPTO same day — all within 24 business hours.
Order via The Patent Place →
Pre-filled with this patent's details
Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,652,711
App. No.
17/456,694
Granted
May 16, 2023
Kind
B1
Abstract

A method for providing individualized communication service includes (1) recognizing a first client being communicatively coupled to a first local communication network, (2) determining an identity of the first client, (3) transporting first data between the first client and a first operator communication network, using the first local communication network in accordance with a first service profile associated with the first client, and (4) transporting the first data using the first operator communication network in accordance with the first service profile.

Claims (38)

1. A method for providing individualized communication service, comprising:

determining an identity of a first client being communicatively coupled to a first local communication network;

determining an identity of a second client being communicatively coupled to the first local communication network;

transporting first data between the first client and a first operator communication network, using the first local communication network in accordance with a first service profile associated with the first client;

transporting second data between the second client and the first operator communication network, using the first local communication network in accordance with a second service profile associated with the second client, the second service profile being different from the first service profile;

transporting the first data using the first operator communication network in accordance with the first service profile; and

transporting the second data using the first operator communication network in accordance with the second service profile.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein transporting the first data between the first client and the first operator communication network comprises transporting the first data using a first subnetwork of the first local communication network.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

recognizing the first client being communicatively coupled to a second local communication network;

determining the identity of the first client, while the first client is communicatively coupled to the second local communication network; and

transporting additional data between the first client and the first operator communication network, using the second local communication network in accordance with the first service profile.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

recognizing the first client being communicatively coupled to a second local communication network;

determining the identity of the first client, while the first client is communicatively coupled to the second local communication network; and

transporting additional data between the first client and a second operator communication network, using the second local communication network in accordance with the first service profile.

5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising recording transportation of the additional data by at least one of the second local communication network and the second operator communication network, using a data structure distributed among multiple computing devices.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the identity of the first client comprises determining the identity of the first client using one or more security certificates associated with the first client.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first service profile specifies one or more of communication bandwidth, communication latency, communication quality of service (QoS), communication volume, security service, data origination address controls, data destination address controls, and parental control service, associated with the first client.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein transporting the first data using the first operator communication network comprises transporting the first data in accordance with a Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification (DOCSIS) communication protocol in at least part of the first operator communication network.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein transporting the first data using the first operator communication network comprises transporting the first data in accordance with an optical communication protocol in at least part of the first operator communication network.

10. A method for providing individualized communication service, comprising:

associating a first service profile with a first client communicatively coupled to a first local communication network;

associating a second service profile with a second client communicatively coupled to the first local communication network, the second service profile being different from the first service profile;

transporting first data associated with the first client using a first operator communication network, in accordance with the first service profile; and

transporting second data associated with the second client using the first operator communication network, in accordance with the second service profile.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the first service profile specifies one or more of communication bandwidth, communication latency, communication quality of service (QoS), communication volume, security service, data origination address controls, data destination address controls, and parental control service, associated with the first client.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the second service profile specifies one or more of communication bandwidth, communication latency, communication QoS, communication volume, security service, data origination address controls, data destination address controls, and parental control service, associated with the second client.

13. The method of claim 10 , wherein transporting the first data using the first operator communication network comprises transporting the first data in accordance with a Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification (DOCSIS) communication protocol in at least part of the first operator communication network.

14. The method of claim 10 , wherein transporting the first data using the first operator communication network comprises transporting the first data in accordance with an optical communication protocol in at least part of the first operator communication network.

15. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:

recognizing the first client being communicatively coupled to a second local communication network; and

transporting additional data associated with the first client using a second operator communication network in accordance with the first service profile.

16. The method of claim 10 , wherein the first local communication network is communicatively coupled with the first operator communication network.

17. The method of claim 10 , further comprising transporting the first data between the first client and the first operator communication network, using the first local communication network in accordance with the first service profile.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein transporting the first data between the first client and the first operator communication network comprises transporting the first data using a first subnetwork of the first local communication network.

19. The method of claim 17 , further comprising transporting the second data between the second client and the first operator communication network, using the first local communication network in accordance with the second service profile.

20. The method of claim 19 , wherein transporting the second data between the second client and the first operator communication network comprises transporting the second data using a second subnetwork of the first local communication network.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 29, 2021
From: SCRIBER, BRIAN A.; STAHLHAMMER, BRIAN; THAKORE, DARSHAK; LYONS, MARTHA LURIE; PATEL, SANJAY; ARENDT, STEPHEN; AHUJA, ANJU
To: CABLE TELEVISION LABORATORIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 058225/0932 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation 16689704 · Nov 20, 2019
Provisional Application 62733873 · Sep 20, 2018
Cited By (1)
US 12,519,696