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AssigneeFacebook, Inc.
InventorsPatrick Meenan, David Clyde Chiles, Jeffrey J. Damick
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Techniques are provided for leveraging narrowband connectivity (such as dial-up communications or other types of low bandwidth communications) to provision or configure broadband connectivity between a broadband access provider and a broadband device, such as a DSL modem or a cable modem. Specifically, because narrowband connectivity does not require advance configuration or provisioning by the host system of connectivity parameters for an access-seeking device, a modem at an access-seeking device may be leveraged to establish a narrowband connection between that device and a host system and to enable an exchange or negotiation of connectivity parameters necessary to enable future broadband connectivity. Thus, once established, the narrowband connection may be used as a conduit for communicating required provisioning information between the broadband-enabling host and the access-seeking device to enable broadband connectivity by the device in the future.
A method for enabling communications between a user system and an accessible system, the method comprising:
A method for enabling communications between a user system and an accessible system, the method comprising:
A computer-readable medium or propagated signal having embodied thereon a computer program configured to enable communications between a user system and an accessible system, the medium or signal comprising one or more code segments configured to:
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.