System and method for determining service availability and soliciting customers
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- determining a general area of a customer location;
determining whether the general area is at least partially coincidental with a service area where a power line communications service is available;
determining if the customer location is enabled for the power line communications service, if it is determined that the general area is at least partially coincidental with a service area where a power line communications service is available; and
providing an offer related to the power line communications service to an entity associated with the customer location, if it is determined that the customer location is enabled.
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Abstract
A system and method for determining service availability and soliciting customers is provided, whereby the availability of a power line communications system for a user is determined and, if the service is available, an offer is provided to that user in an attempt to solicit the user as a customer. A general area of a customer location is determined, and it is determined whether the general area is at least partially coincidental with a service area where a power line communications service is available. If it is determined that the general area is at least partially coincidental with a service area where a power line communications service is available, it is determined if the customer location is enabled for the power line communications service. If it is determined that the customer location is enabled, an offer related to the power line communications service is provided to an entity associated with the customer location.
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57 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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determining a general area of a customer location;
determining whether the general area is at least partially coincidental with a service area where a power line communications service is available;
determining if the customer location is enabled for the power line communications service, if it is determined that the general area is at least partially coincidental with a service area where a power line communications service is available; and
providing an offer related to the power line communications service to an entity associated with the customer location, if it is determined that the customer location is enabled. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A processor-readable medium comprising code representing instructions to cause a processor to:
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determine if a customer location is enabled for a power line communications service; and
provide an offer related to the power line communications service to an entity associated with the customer location, if it is determined that the customer location is enabled. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A method, comprising:
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requesting an address of a customer location;
determining if the address of the customer location is enabled for a power line communications service; and
providing an offer to an entity associated with the customer location related to the power line communications service, if the address of the customer location is enabled for the power line communications service. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A processor-readable medium comprising code representing instructions to cause a processor to:
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request an address of a customer location;
determine if the address of the customer location is enabled for a power line communications service; and
provide an offer to an entity associated with the customer location to subscribe to the power line communications service, if the address of the customer location is enabled for power line communications service. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45)
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46. A method, comprising:
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establishing a communication link with a device;
receiving information of a network address of the device;
determining a first geographic area of the device based on the information of the network address;
determining if the first geographic area is at least partially coincidental with at least one power line communications service area; and
if the first geographic area is at least partially coincidental with at least one power line communications service area, communicating an offer related to the power line communications service. - View Dependent Claims (47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57)
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Specification