System, method, and computer program product for an irrevocable right to use (IRU) modem registration process
First Claim
1. A method for registering an irrevocable right to use (IRU) in a network supporting one or more IRU service providers connected to the network, comprising the steps of:
- locking onto one of an access network dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) server and an IRU DHCP server by a modem;
determining if the modem is known by the one of the access network DHCP server and the IRU DHCP server;
downloading service parameters to the modem if it is determined in the determining step that the modem is known;
redirecting the modem to the access network DHCP server to download service parameters if the modem locked onto the IRU DHCP server in the locking step and it was determined in the determining step that the modem was not known by the IRU DHCP server to be a known IRU modem; and
redirecting the modem to the IRU DHCP server to download service parameters if the modem locked onto the access network DHCP server in the locking step and it was determined in the determining step that the modem was not known by the access network DHCP server to be a known access network modem.
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Abstract
A computer-implemented method, system and computer program product for an irrevocable right to use (IRU) registration process in a network supporting one or more IRU service providers connected to the network, including performing one of the following sets of steps: (a) performing an end-user login process for a modem communicating on an upstream frequency corresponding to the network, storing an address of the modem and reporting the modem address to an IRU service provider which is to provide IRU service to the modem; and (b) redirecting a modem, communicating on an upstream frequency corresponding to an IRU service provider which is to provide IRU service to the modem, to an end-user login process for the network, storing an address of the modem and reporting the modem address to the IRU service provider.
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1. A method for registering an irrevocable right to use (IRU) in a network supporting one or more IRU service providers connected to the network, comprising the steps of:
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locking onto one of an access network dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) server and an IRU DHCP server by a modem;
determining if the modem is known by the one of the access network DHCP server and the IRU DHCP server;
downloading service parameters to the modem if it is determined in the determining step that the modem is known;
redirecting the modem to the access network DHCP server to download service parameters if the modem locked onto the IRU DHCP server in the locking step and it was determined in the determining step that the modem was not known by the IRU DHCP server to be a known IRU modem; and
redirecting the modem to the IRU DHCP server to download service parameters if the modem locked onto the access network DHCP server in the locking step and it was determined in the determining step that the modem was not known by the access network DHCP server to be a known access network modem. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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16. A system for registering an irrevocable right to use (IRU) in a network supporting one or more IRU service providers connected to the network, comprising:
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means for locking onto one of an access network dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) server and an IRU DHCP server by a modem;
means for determining if the modem is known by the one of the access network DHCP server and the IRU DHCP server;
means for downloading service parameters to the modem if it is determined in the determining step that the modem is known;
means for redirecting the modem to the access network DHCP server to download service parameters if the modem locked onto the IRU DHCP server in the locking step and it was determined in the determining step that the modem was not known by the IRU DHCP server to be a known IRU modem; and
means for redirecting the modem to the IRU DHCP server to download service parameters if the modem locked onto the access network DHCP server in the locking step and it was determined in the determining step that the modem was not known by the access network DHCP server to be a known access network modem.
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17. A system for registering an irrevocable right to use (IRU) in a network supporting one or more IRU service providers connected to the network, comprising:
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a processor; and
a computer readable medium encoded with processor readable instructions that when executed by the processor implement an access network dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) server connection mechanism configured to be accessed by modems requesting access to the network, an IRU DHCP server connection mechanism configured to be accessed by modems requesting access to the network, an identification mechanism configured to determine if a modem connected to one of the access network DHCP server and the IRU DHCP server is known to the one of the access network DHCP server and the IRU DHCP server, a service parameter transfer mechanism configured to transfer service parameters to the modem if the identification mechanism determines that the modem is known to the one of the access network DHCP server and the IRU DHCP server, an access network DHCP server redirecting mechanism configured to redirect the modem to the access network DHCP server to download service parameters if the identification mechanism determines that the modem is not known to the IRU DHCP server as a known IRU modem, and an IRU DHCP server redirecting mechanism configured to redirect the modem to the IRU DHCP server to download service parameters if the identification mechanism determines that the modem is not known to the access network DHCP server as a known access network modem.
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28. A computer program product, comprising:
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a computer storage medium; and
a computer program code mechanism embedded in the computer storage medium for causing a processor to register an irrevocable right to use (IRU) in a network supporting one or more IRU service providers connected to the network, the computer program code mechanism having, a first computer code device configured be accessed as an access network dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) server by modems requesting access to the network, a second computer code device configured to be accessed as an IRU DHCP server by modems requesting access to the network, a third computer code device configured to determine if a modem connected to one of the access network DHCP server and the IRU DHCP server is known to the one of the access network DHCP server and the IRU DHCP server, a fourth computer code device configured to transfer service parameters to the modem if the third computer code device determines that the modem is known to the one of the access network DHCP server and the IRU DHCP server, a fifth computer code device configured to redirect the modem to the access network DHCP server to download service parameters if the third computer code device determines that the modem is not known to the IRU DHCP server as an IRU modem, and a sixth computer code device configured to redirect the modem to the IRU DHCP server to download service parameters if the third computer code device determines that the modem is not known to the access network DHCP server as an access network modem.
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