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Broadband network service delivery method and device

  • US 20020169858A1
  • Filed: 05/11/2001
  • Published: 11/14/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/10/2001
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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11. A method of controlling the delivery of services to customers over a network, comprising the steps of:

  • providing a plurality of distributed network entities capable of providing services to customers connected thereto;

    providing at each of said distributed network entities a service agent responsive to commands using a common instruction set received at a generic interface to configure said network entities;

    providing a central controller for generating said commands to configure said network entities;

    storing in a database associated with said central controller policy attributes determining the configuration of said network entities; and

    sending said commands to said network entities to configure said network entities in accordance with policies established in said central controller.

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