System and method to enable access to broadband services
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Properties I, L.P.
InventorsJames Fan, Richard T. Kuo, David FengLin Chen
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Abstract
A method includes receiving a request at a provisioning system to enable a set-top box device to function at a temporary location. The method includes authenticating the request at the provisioning system. The method includes identifying, at the provisioning system, a broadband service associated with the set-top box device that is available at the temporary location when the request is authenticated. The method also includes sending a configuration message from the provisioning system to the set-top box device to enable the set-top box device to configure the set-top box to receive the broadband service.
Claims20
A provisioning system comprising:
- a services management system including logic to enable a set-top box device that is configured to receive broadband services at a first location to access a broadband service at a second location when the set-top box device is moved from the first location to the second location, the first location associated with a subscriber account and the second location not associated with the subscriber account;
- and
- a subscriber authentication system including logic to evaluate a request that includes subscriber authorization data and to selectively authorize access to the broadband service at the second location based on the subscriber authorization data, wherein the request includes a portability key associated with the set-top box device to facilitate authentication of the request, and wherein the subscriber authentication system enables the set-top box device to access the broadband service when the set-top box device is moved from the first location to the second location after authorizing access to the broadband service at the second location.
A method comprising:
- receiving a request at a provisioning system to enable a set-top box device to function at a temporary location, wherein the request includes a portability key associated with the set-top box device to facilitate authentication of the request;
- authenticating the request at the provisioning system;
- identifying, at the provisioning system, a broadband service associated with the set-top box device available at the temporary location when the request is authenticated;
- and
- sending a configuration message from the provisioning system to the set-top box device to enable the set-top box device to configure the set-top box device to receive the broadband service at the temporary location.
A computer-readable storage device comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
- providing a broadband service to a first output device via a set-top box device at a first location associated with the set-top box device;
- sending a request to enable the set-top box device to function at a second location, wherein the request includes a portability key associated with the set-top box device to facilitate authentication of the request;
- and
- receiving a configuration message from a provisioning system, wherein the configuration message enables the set-top box device to provide the broadband service to a second output device at the second location after the set-top box device is relocated to the second location from the first location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.