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Customer premise equipment device-specific access-limiting for a cable modem and a customer premise equipment device

  • US 7,881,225 B2
  • Filed: 11/22/2006
  • Issued: 02/01/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/23/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A modem configuration method comprising:

  • receiving, at a modem termination server, a request for access from an unprovisioned modem; and

    prior to the modem termination server fully provisioning the modem, the modem termination server partially provisioning the modem to grant different levels of temporary access to the server for different types of customer premise equipment serviced by the modem, whereina first level of temporary access allows a first type of customer premise equipment to use the modem to temporarily access a resource offered by the modem termination server while the modem is awaiting full provisioning, anda second level of temporary access does not allow a second type of customer premise equipment to use the modem to access that resource offered by the modem termination server while the modem is awaiting full provisioning.

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