System for discover of provisioning information by telephones in a frame switched network without a broadcast based protocol
US7356136B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 8, 2003 |
| Grant date | Apr 8, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 23, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04M2203/053
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
When a customer premises internet telephony device (CPE) is manufactured, the factory stores a unique CPE ID number and a contact for a pre-provisioning server in non volatile memory of the CPE. At the time a CPE is purchased by a customer, an internet telephony service provider is selected and a provisioning entity is assigned to the CPE. The unique CPE ID number and a provisioning contact are stored on the pre-provisioning server. At some future time, when the CPE is coupled to the internet, the CPE contacts the pre-provisioning server using the contact for the pre-provisioning server stored in its non volatile memory to obtain the provisioning contact for its assigned provisioning entity.
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