System and method for provisioning customer premises equipment
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1. A method of provisioning telecommunication offerings, comprising:
- receiving from a first provider a message at a services clearing house to provision a telecommunication offering at a customer'"'"'s premises;
processing the request into a provisioning message;
directing the provisioning message to the customer'"'"'s premises, thereby causing the offering to be provisioned at the customer'"'"'s premises;
maintaining the offering at the customer'"'"'s premises;
receiving a request for the service from the customer;
directing the request to the first provider;
receiving from a second provider a message at the services clearing house to provision a different telecommunication offering at a different customer'"'"'s premises;
processing the request into a provisioning message; and
directing the provisioning message to the different customer'"'"'s premises, wherein the second provider is different from the first provider.
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A method of provisioning telecommunication offerings includes receiving from a first provider a message at a services clearing house to provision a telecommunication offering at a customer'"'"'s premises and processing the request into a provisioning message. The method also includes directing the provisioning message to the customer'"'"'s premises, thereby causing the offering to be provisioned at the customer'"'"'s premises.
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24 Claims
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1. A method of provisioning telecommunication offerings, comprising:
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receiving from a first provider a message at a services clearing house to provision a telecommunication offering at a customer'"'"'s premises; processing the request into a provisioning message; directing the provisioning message to the customer'"'"'s premises, thereby causing the offering to be provisioned at the customer'"'"'s premises; maintaining the offering at the customer'"'"'s premises; receiving a request for the service from the customer; directing the request to the first provider; receiving from a second provider a message at the services clearing house to provision a different telecommunication offering at a different customer'"'"'s premises; processing the request into a provisioning message; and directing the provisioning message to the different customer'"'"'s premises, wherein the second provider is different from the first provider. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of provisioning telecommunication offerings, comprising:
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receiving from a provider a message comprising an offering; receiving from a consumer of telecommunication offerings an enrollment message; providing a list of offerings to the consumer; receiving a request to provision at least one telecommunication offering to the consumer, wherein receiving of the request to provision at least one telecommunication offering to the consumer comprises receiving the request from a provider; comprising verifying the provider'"'"'s authority to provision the service, wherein verifying the provider'"'"'s authority to provision the service comprises confirming the provider'"'"'s identity using a digital certificate; preparing a provisioning message relating to the request; transmitting the provisioning message to a location of the consumer, thereby causing the offering to be provisioned; and maintaining the offering at the location of the consumer. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A telecommunication provisioning system, comprising:
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a services clearing house configured to receive telecommunication offerings from a plurality of providers and direct the telecommunication offerings to a plurality of customers via customer premises equipment; and a provisioning arrangement configured to receive requests to provision and maintain telecommunication offerings from a plurality of service providers to a plurality of customers at each customer'"'"'s premises, receive a request for the service from a first customer from the plurality of customers, direct the request to a first provider from the plurality of providers; wherein the services clearing house is further configured to receive, from a second provider from the plurality of providers, a message to provision a different telecommunication offering at a different customer'"'"'s premises, process the request into a provisioning message, and direct the provisioning message to the different customer'"'"'s premises, wherein the second provider is different from the first provider. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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