US 10,257,028 B2Granted

Configuration services for user terminals

AssigneeAle International

InventorsOlivier Kreet, Sylvain Beaux, Jean-Michel Lauriol

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Abstract

A system for configuring a user terminal connected to an Internet Protocol network, comprises: a configuration repository (ASN) in a service provider domain, wherein the configuration repository is loaded with configuration information intended for a user terminal, a front-end server in the service provider domain, the front-end server comprising: a communication port connected to the Internet Protocol network, and a first controller arranged for mapping a predefined device identifier to the configuration repository, and a redirection server, the redirection server comprising: a communication port connected to the Internet Protocol network and reachable by a user terminal to be configured, a non-transitory computer-readable medium loaded with a service provider record, wherein the service provider record comprises a fully qualified domain name routable to the front-end server communication port, and a second controller arranged for mapping a predefined service provider identifier to the service provider record.

Claims10

Dependent claims

A method for deploying a configuration service for user terminals in an Internet Protocol (IP) network, the method comprising:

allocating a device identifier and a service provider identifier to a user terminal to be configured,
providing a configuration repository (ASN) connected to the IP network, wherein the configuration repository is loaded with configuration information intended for the user terminal,
providing a front-end server comprising a first controller arranged for mapping the device identifier to the configuration repository,
wherein the front-end server and the configuration repository (ASN) are provided in a same service provider domain, wherein the service provider domain is defined in a Domain Name System,
the method further comprising:
generating a service provider record in a redirection server connected to the IP network, wherein the redirection server is reachable by the user terminal, wherein the service provider record comprises a network location routable to the front-end server, the front-end server being distinct from the redirection server, wherein the redirection server comprises a second controller arranged for mapping the service provider identifier to the service provider record,
receiving, by the redirection server, a request for redirection originating from a source IP address, the request for redirection comprising the service provider identifier,
returning, by the redirection server, the network location routable to the front-end server to the source IP address of the request for redirection,
receiving, by the front-end server in the service provider domain, a request for configuration originating from a source IP address, the request for configuration comprising the device identifier,
retrieving, by the front-end server, a network address for the configuration repository (ASN) to which the device identifier is mapped, and
returning, by the front-end server, the configuration information intended for the user terminal to the source IP address of the request for configuration.

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A system for configuring a user terminal connected to an Internet Protocol (IP) network, the system comprising:

a configuration repository (ASN) loaded with configuration information intended for a user terminal,
a front-end server comprising:
a communication port connected to the IP network, and
a first controller arranged for mapping a predefined device identifier to the configuration repository, and
a Domain Name System defining a service provider domain, the front-end server and configuration repository (ASN) being provided in the service provider domain,
wherein the front-end server is configured to:
receive a request for configuration originating from a source IP address, the request for configuration comprising the device identifier,
retrieve a network address for the configuration repository (ASN) to which the device identifier is mapped, and
return the configuration information intended for the user terminal to the source IP address of the request for configuration,
and wherein the front-end server and the configuration repository (ASN) are provided in a same service provider domain, and
a redirection server distinct from the front-end server, the redirection server comprising:
a communication port connected to the IP network and reachable by a user terminal to be configured,
a non-transitory computer-readable medium loaded with a service provider record, wherein the service provider record comprises a network location routable to the front-end server communication port, and
a second controller arranged for mapping a predefined service provider identifier to the service provider record,
wherein the redirection server is configured to:
receive a request for redirection originating from a source IP address, the request for redirection comprising the service provider identifier, and
return the network location routable to the front-end server to the source IP address of the request for redirection.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/078,048Filed 23 Mar 2016
Priority: EP 1530541823 Mar 2015
Published: US 2016/0285681 A129 Sep 2016
Granted: 9 Apr 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification9 codes

H04L 41/0803
Configuration management of networks or network elements: configuration setting
G06F 16/22
Of structured data, e.g. relational data: indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
G06F 16/86
Mapping; Conversion: mapping to a database
H04L 41/0806
Configuration setting: for initial configuration or provisioning, e.g. plug-and-play