Device-specific pre-provisoining access-limiting for a modem and a consumer premise equipment device
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving a request for access provisioning from a device in an unprovisioned state on a network managed by a computing apparatus;
identifying a plurality of different pieces of consumer-premise equipment to be serviced by the device; and
transmitting a plurality of device-specific configuration files to the device, each configuration file indicating a different walled garden for a corresponding one of the plurality of different pieces of consumer-premise equipment to be serviced by the device while the device is in the unprovisioned state.
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Abstract
A method of initializing, provisioning, and managing a cable modem and a customer premise equipment device includes, prior to receiving the configuration file for the cable modem, providing an equipment identification message containing a description of the customer premise equipment device connected to the cable modem. In the case where the cable modem has yet to be provisioned, the configuration file received from the network server is a particular access-limiting configuration file that is selected from a group of access-limiting configuration files. The selection of the particular access-limiting configuration file is based on the description of the customer premise equipment device in the equipment identification message. This allows different devices to have different network restrictions or different walled gardens.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving a request for access provisioning from a device in an unprovisioned state on a network managed by a computing apparatus; identifying a plurality of different pieces of consumer-premise equipment to be serviced by the device; and transmitting a plurality of device-specific configuration files to the device, each configuration file indicating a different walled garden for a corresponding one of the plurality of different pieces of consumer-premise equipment to be serviced by the device while the device is in the unprovisioned state. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method comprising:
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identifying a plurality of different types of user devices to be serviced by a first computing device; transmitting a provisioning request to a second computing device, the request identifying the plurality of different types of user devices; and before receiving full provisioning from the second computing device, receiving, by the first computing device, a plurality of configuration files, each of the plurality of configuration files providing a different walled garden for a corresponding one of the plurality of different types of user devices. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method comprising:
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identifying, by a first computing device, a plurality of different user devices to be serviced by the first computing device; transmitting, by the first computing device, a provisioning request to a second computing device, the provisioning request identifying the plurality of different user devices; and before receiving full provisioning from the second computing device, receiving a plurality of configuration files, each of the plurality of configuration files providing a different walled garden for a corresponding one of the plurality of different user devices. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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