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Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2025

Filed:

Oct. 30, 2023
Applicant:

Charter Communications Operating, Llc, St. Louis, MO (US);

Inventor:

Timothy Clark Bleidorn, Colorado Springs, CO (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 47/2425 (2022.01); G01J 5/00 (2022.01); G01S 13/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 47/2433 (2013.01); G01J 5/0025 (2013.01); G01S 13/04 (2013.01);
Abstract

A broadband network gateway (BNG) implementing a plurality of virtual gateway routers, each virtual gateway router (VGR) operable to serve as a gateway router for a particular local area network (LAN) of a plurality of LANS, receives a human presence indicator from a customer premise equipment (CPE) of a LAN, the human presence indicator indicating one of that a human has been detected by the CPE or that no human has been detected by the CPE for a predetermined period of time. In response, the BNG performs a quality of service (QOS) action, on a VGR that serves as the gateway router for the LAN, that one of enhances a current QOS associated with the first LAN or decreases a current QOS associated with the first LAN.


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