Abstract: A user device for interfacing predetermined external services provided by third party service providers to a user at a fixed location includes a processing platform running an operating system, a plurality of physical system resources associated with the remotely configurable user device, physical system resource interfaces for interfacing the operating system with the available physical system resources, a data store for storing ones of multiple configuration information associated with and identifying the external services that are available to a user with the user device and one or more of the available physical system resources required for ones of the external services and a communication resource for interfacing with the operating system to allow communication of the operating system with a central office for downloading of configuration information to remotely enable a selected one or ones of the predetermined external services provided by third party service providers.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 9, 2010
Date of Patent:
August 28, 2012
Assignee:
Ganart Technologies, Inc.
Inventors:
Anthony M. Cacheria, III, David Hooker, Wayne Thomas McHugh, Kristopher Glover, Webb Edwards, Arthur Martin Holbrook, Barrett Jenkins
Abstract: A system for interfacing predetermined external services provided by service providers to a user at a fixed location includes a processing platform running an operating system and a plurality of physical system resource interfaces for interfacing with available physical system resources allowing a user to gain access to the predetermined external services, a data store associated with the processing platform stores configuration information defining ones of a plurality of external services, a communication interface enables the operating system to communicate with a central office to download of configuration information for one or more of the external services and to facilitate access to a selected one of the external services.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 9, 2010
Date of Patent:
August 28, 2012
Assignee:
Ganart Technologies, Inc.
Inventors:
Anthony M. Cacheria, III, David Hooker, Wayne Thomas McHugh, Kristopher Glover, Webb Edwards, Arthur Martin Holbrook, Barrett Jenkins
Abstract: A system for interfacing predetermined services to a user at a fixed location includes a processing platform running an operating system. Also included are a plurality of physical system resource interfaces for interfacing with available physical system resources. The physical system resources allow a user to gain access to the predetermined desired services. The system further includes a data store for storing configuration information for enabling the operating system to interface with the available physical system resources through the physical system resource interface associated therewith.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 9, 2010
Date of Patent:
August 21, 2012
Assignee:
Ganart Technologies, Inc.
Inventors:
Anthony M. Cacheria, III, David Hooker, Wayne Thomas McHugh, Kristopher Glover, Webb Edwards, Arthur Martin Holbrook, Barrett Jenkins