	US 12,206,524 B1
	Multi-access gateway with intelligent convergence (magic)
Ruoyu Sun, Westminster, CO (US); Jingjie Zhu, Erie, CO (US); and Junwen Zhang, Broomfield, CO (US)
Assigned to Cable Television Laboratories, Inc., Louisville, CO (US)
Filed by Cable Television Laboratories, Inc., Louisville, CO (US)
Filed on Jul. 23, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/384,208.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/055,432, filed on Jul. 23, 2020.
Int. Cl. H04L 12/66 (2006.01); H04L 41/0654 (2022.01); H04L 43/0876 (2022.01)

CPC H04L 12/66 (2013.01) [H04L 41/0654 (2013.01); H04L 43/0876 (2013.01)]

18 Claims

1. A multi-access gateway with intelligent convergence (MAGIC gateway), comprising:

a router; and

a processor in communication with a memory device configured to store computer-executable instructions therein, which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:

(i) monitor local network traffic from a user equipment device (UE);

(ii) identify a first application type operating on the UE;

(iii) based on the first application type, select a first Internet Service Provider (ISP) from a plurality of ISPs for the local network traffic;

(iv) instruct the router to route local network traffic related to the first application from the UE to the first ISP a first interface of at least two interfaces each in operable communication with the router, wherein the first interface is in operable communication with the first ISP;

(v) continue to monitor local network traffic from the UE;

(vi) identify, after instructing the router to route the local traffic to the first ISP, a second application type operating on the UE; and

(vii) instruct the router to route local network traffic related to the second application from the UE to a second interface of the at least two interfaces, wherein the second interface is different from the first interface, and wherein the second interface is in operable communication with a second ISP different from the first ISP.