Providing a configuration file to a communication device
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorDmitrii Loukianov
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Abstract
A configuration file is provided to a communication device. Identification information associated with the communication device is received and configuration information is retrieved from a database based on the identification information. A configuration file is generated from the configuration information and provided to the communication device.
Claims30
A method of providing a configuration file to communication device over a network, comprising:
- receiving identification information for the communication device in response to the communication device connecting to the network or re-initializing;
- retrieving configuration information from a database based on the identification information;
- generating a configuration file from the configuration information;
- and
- providing the configuration file to the communication device.
A method of providing a configuration file to a cable modem over a network, comprising:
- receiving identification information for the cable modem and a request for a configuration file that originated from the cable modem in response to the communication device connecting to the network or re-initializing;
- and
- determining whether the request is authentic using the identification information;
- wherein, if the request is determined to be authentic, the method further comprises:
- retrieving configuration information from a database in response to the request;
- generating a configuration file from the configuration information;
- and
- providing the configuration file to the cable modem.
A method of providing a configuration file to a communication device over a network, comprising:
- receiving a request for a configuration file from the communication device in response to the communication device connecting to the network or re-initializing;
- determining if the request is authentic;
- and
- providing the configuration file to the communication device if the request is determined to be authentic.
An apparatus which provides a configuration file to a communication device over a network, comprising:
- a memory which stores executable code and a database that includes configuration information;
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- a processor which executes the code (i) to receive identification information for the communication device in response to the communication device connecting to the network or re-initializing, (ii) to retrieve configuration information from the database based on the identification information, (iii) to generate a configuration file from the configuration information, and (iv) to provide the configuration file to the communication device.
An apparatus which provides a configuration file to a communication device over a network, comprising:
- a memory which stores executable code and a database that includes configuration information;
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- a processor which executes the code so as (i) to receive a request for a configuration file from the communication device in response to the communication device connecting to the network or re-initializing, (ii) to determine if the request is authentic, and (iii) to provide the configuration file to the communication device if the request is determined to be authentic.
An article comprising a computer-readable medium encoded with a computer program that comprises instructions to:
- receive identification information for a communication device over a network;
- retrieve configuration information from a database based on the identification information in response to the communication device connecting to the network or re-initializing;
- generate a configuration file from the configuration information;
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- provide the configuration file to the communication device.
An article comprising a computer-readable medium encoded with a computer program that comprises instructions to:
- receive a request for a configuration file from a communication device in response to the communication device connecting to the network or re-initializing;
- determine if the request is authentic;
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- provide the configuration file to the communication device if the request is determined to be authentic.
A network system comprising:
- a cable modem which outputs identification information and a request for a configuration file;
- and
- a cable modem termination system (CMTS) which (i) receives the identification information and the request in response to the communication device connecting to the network or re-initializing, and (ii) determines if the request is authentic;
- wherein, if the request is determined to be authentic, the CMTS (iii) retrieves configuration information from a database based on the identification information, (iv) generates a configuration file from the configuration information, and (v) provides the configuration file to the cable modem.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.