Multi-services application gateway and system employing the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11527311-B2
Application number	US-202016876946-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 18, 2020
Priority date	Dec 29, 2006
Publication date	Dec 13, 2022
Grant date	Dec 13, 2022

Abstract

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.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An IoT system with cloud storage access, comprising:
one or more processors;
at least one WiFi interface configured for enabling access to a wide area network and/or a local area network that is at a user premises; and
one or more memories locally storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the IoT system to:
enable a first user to remotely control, via a web-enabled application, content captured by the IoT system,
wherein the web-enabled application enables the first user to:
selectively invite one or more individuals to access the content upon successful authentication, and
control secured access, by the invited one or more individuals that have been authenticated, to the content, wherein the first user is capable of revoking authentication credentials of at least one of the invited one or more individuals and disallow access to the content.

2. The IoT system of claim 1 , wherein execution of the locally stored instructions further enables the first user to locally store content at the user premises and to access the locally stored content.

3. The IoT system of claim 1 , wherein the remote control includes setting one or more triggers for controlling operation of the IoT system based on at least one event detected using content obtained at the user premises.

4. The IoT system of claim 1 , wherein execution of the locally stored instructions further enables the IoT system to encrypt content and subsequently decrypt content based upon positive authentication of the invited one or more individuals and based upon associated valid authentication credentials.

5. The IoT system of claim 1 , wherein the first user is able to modify an amount of the content accessible to the invited one or more individuals.

6. The IoT system of claim 1 , further including a first application hub that contains at least a portion of the content at the user premises and is accessible via a second application hub that is located remote from the first application hub.

7. The IoT system of claim 1 , wherein
the first user is capable of controlling secured access by revoking authentication credentials and/or modifying an amount of the content accessible to the invited one or more individuals, and
the content includes personal e-health information and/or medical information.

8. The IoT system of claim 1 , wherein the IoT system enables the invited one or more individuals to place tags and/or comments on the content.

9. The IoT system of claim 1 , wherein the invited one or more individuals is notified of content updates automatically as they occur if a change in the content is detected.

10. The IoT system of claim 1 , wherein the IoT system locally stores content in a memory storage element, a hard drive, or disk memory storage.

11. The IoT system of claim 1 , wherein execution of the locally stored instructions causes storage of trigger actions, sensor data, and/or event data, wherein one or more cameras capture the content.

12. The IoT system of claim 1 , wherein the content includes video and/or media content.

13. The IoT system of claim 1 , further comprising a management center and at least one device with the one or more processors, the at least one WiFi interface, and the one or more memories.

14. The IoT system of claim 1 , wherein the IoT system enables streaming of at least portion of the content to a display device.

15. The IoT system of claim 1 , wherein the IoT system enables the first user to control access to (a) locally stored content and/or (b) content stored remotely from the user premise.

16. A method for managing content, the method comprising:
enabling a first user to remotely control, via a web-enabled application, operations of an IoT system to capture content, wherein the IoT system is at a user premises and is communicatively connected to the web-enabled application via (1) a wide area network and/or (2) a local area network that is at the user premises;
enabling the first user to selectively invite one or more individuals to access the content; and
enabling the first user to control secured access, by the invited one or more individuals that have been authenticated, to the content, wherein the first user is capable of revoking authentication credentials of at least one of the invited one or more individuals and disallow access to the content.

17. The method of claim 16 , further comprising encrypting locally stored content and subsequently decrypting locally stored content based upon positive authentication of authentication credentials.

18. The method of claim 16 , further comprising enabling the first user to modify an amount of the content accessible to the invited one or more individuals.

19. The method of claim 16 , further comprising allowing an electronic device that is located remote from user premises to access the content.

20. The method of claim 16 , wherein the content includes video, still images, personal e-health information, and/or medical information.

21. The method of claim 16 , further comprising associating tags and comments from the first user with the content.

22. The method of claim 16 , further comprising notifying the invited one or more individuals of automatic updates as they occur when an automatic update causes a change of the content.

23. The method of claim 16 , further comprising disallowing access to the content by any invited one or more individuals with revoked authentication credentials.

24. The method of claim 16 , further comprising locally storing content in a memory storage element, disk memory storage, or a hard drive.

25. The method of claim 16 , further comprising sending the content for streaming to the invited one or more individuals and/or the first user.

26. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a system, cause the system to perform operations comprising:
enabling a first user to remotely control, via a web-enabled application, operations of an IoT system at a user premises to capture and store content, wherein the web-enabled application is communicatively coupled to the IoT system via (1) a wide area network and/or (2) a local area network that is at the user premises;
enabling the first user to selectively invite one or more individuals to access the content; and
enabling the first user to control secured access, by the invited one or more individuals that have been authenticated, to the content, wherein the first user is capable of revoking authentication credentials of at least one of the invited one or more individuals and disallow access to the content.

27. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 26 , wherein the operations further comprise encrypting the content and subsequently decrypting the content based upon positive authentication of authentication credentials.

28. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 26 , wherein the operations further comprise enabling the first user to modify an amount of the content accessible to the first user and/or invited one or more individuals.

29. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 26 , wherein operations further comprise allowing a first hub device that is located remote from second hub device to access content stored by the second hub device.

Assignees

• Kip Prod P1 Lp

Inventors

• Ansari Amir
• Cowgill George A
• Masina Ramprakash
• Ramayya Jude P
• Mcquarters Alvin R
• Raissyan Atousa
• Nicholls Leon E

Classifications

• H04L9/30

  Public key, i.e. encryption algorithm being computationally infeasible to invert or user's encryption keys not requiring secrecy · CPC title

• G16Z99/00

  Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass · CPC title

• G16H10/60 Primary

  for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records · CPC title

• H04L63/08

  for authentication of entities (cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32) · CPC title

• H04L63/083

  using passwords (cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using a predetermined code H04L9/3226) · CPC title