Method and System for Provisioning a Set-Box
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving device profile information;
storing the received device profile information in a provisioning datastore;
receiving a boot-time request from a device, wherein the boot-time request includes instructions for a process in which the device discovers a DNS hostname or IP address of a video device manager from an initialization process and the video device manager determines the device location by reverse-resolving the device IP address into a DNS hostname via DNS lookups; and
delivering a configuration message from the video device manager to the device.
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Abstract
A method and system of provisioning a set-top box (STB) with a STB provisioning system are provided which include storing STB profile information in a provisioning datastore, receiving a customer order at a service provisioning system, notifying a billing system of the customer order, and notifying a conditional access system of the customer order. The method and system further include storing information from the customer order in a provisioning datastore, notifying a video device manager about the STB, and delivering a cable operator configuration message from the video device manager to the STB, the configuration message being based on information from the provisioning datastore, thereby provisioning the STB without essential involvement of the conditional access system.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving device profile information; storing the received device profile information in a provisioning datastore; receiving a boot-time request from a device, wherein the boot-time request includes instructions for a process in which the device discovers a DNS hostname or IP address of a video device manager from an initialization process and the video device manager determines the device location by reverse-resolving the device IP address into a DNS hostname via DNS lookups; and delivering a configuration message from the video device manager to the device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method comprising:
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receiving device profile information in a first mark-up language document; storing the received device profile information in a provisioning datastore; receiving a boot-time request from a device, wherein the boot-time request includes instructions for a process in which the device discovers a DNS hostname or IP address of a video device manager from an initialization process and the video device manager determines the device location by reverse-resolving the device IP address into a DNS hostname via DNS lookups; and delivering a configuration message as a second mark-up language document from the video device manager to the device. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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18. A system comprising:
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a service provisioning system configured to receive device profile information; a provisioning datastore configured to store the device profile information; and a video device manager configured to receive a boot-time request from a device, wherein the boot-time request includes instructions for a process in which the device discovers a DNS hostname or IP address of the video device manager from an initialization process and the video device manager determines the device location by reverse-resolving the device IP address into a DNS hostname via DNS lookups, wherein the video device manager is further configured to deliver a configuration message to the device. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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