Patent ID: 9258298
Filing Date: 2016-02-09
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: determining whether a client device has configuration information associated with a first customer premise equipment device; when the client device does not have configuration information associated with the first customer premise equipment device, determining whether a configuration network is available for the client device to use to retrieve configuration information associated with the first customer premise equipment device, wherein the configuration network comprises an unencrypted network provided by the first customer premise equipment device; limiting the bandwidth allocated to the configuration network such that only configuration services are supported by the configuration network; and if a configuration network is available for the client device to use to retrieve configuration information associated with the first customer premise equipment device: retrieving configuration information associated with the first customer premise equipment device through the configuration network; pairing the client device with a service network associated with the first customer premise equipment device using the retrieved configuration information associated with the first customer premise equipment device; and assigning an internet protocol address to the client device upon a confirmation that the client device has permission to use the first customer premise equipment device.