US 12,341,630 B1
Communication network gateways and associated methods
Chad Riland, Loveland, CO (US); Rob Alderfer, Louisville, CO (US); Dennis Alan Brown, Allen, TX (US); Jane Keys, Arvada, CO (US); John C. Bahr, Superior, CO (US); Thomas Holtzman Williams, Longmont, CO (US); Derek DiGiacomo, Chester Springs, PA (US); Austin Ralph Pahl, Boulder, CO (US); Mark Davies, Louisville, CO (US); Yuan Tian, Broomfield, CO (US); Darshak Thakore, Broomfield, CO (US); and David Daniel Smith, Boulder, CO (US)
Assigned to Cable Television Laboratories, Inc., Louisville, CO (US)
Filed by Cable Television Laboratories, Inc., Louisville, CO (US)
Filed on Jan. 15, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/412,756.
Application 18/412,756 is a continuation of application No. 18/189,926, filed on Mar. 24, 2023, granted, now 11,876,645.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/325,749, filed on Mar. 31, 2022.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 12/46 (2006.01); H04L 12/66 (2006.01); H04W 88/10 (2009.01)
CPC H04L 12/4641 (2013.01) [H04L 12/66 (2013.01); H04W 88/10 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method operable by a communication network gateway for providing communication services, the method comprising:
supporting respective communication links with a plurality of communication service providers;
routing data between a first local area network and a first communication service provider of the plurality of communication service providers;
automatically changing an association of the first local area network from the first communication service provider to a second communication service provider of the plurality of communication service providers in response to an anomaly with the first communication service provider; and
in response to changing the association of the first local area network from the first communication service provider to the second communication service provider, routing data between the first local area network and the second communication service provider, instead of routing data between the first local area network and the first communication service provider.