Patent ID: 9503193
Filing Date: 2016-11-22
CPC Classification: H04B,H04L,H04Q

Claim Text:
1. A method of configuring an optical network terminal (ONT) at a computer terminal, the method comprising: reading in an instruction including a persistent identifier and an ONT command, the instruction operable to configure the ONT; identifying the ONT using the persistent identifier within a database having updated configuration details of the ONT, wherein identifying the ONT includes referencing the persistent identifier against a table including standard transient ONT identifiers stored within the database, wherein the standard transient ONT identifiers are capable of changing upon subsequent registrations of the ONT with an optical line terminal (OLT); packaging an optical communication command to be sent through the OLT using the ONT identified by the persistent identifier through the database, wherein upon the subsequent registrations of the ONT, the ONT is automatically configured by the processor through the OLT coupled to the ONT, with the configuration details stored in the database particular to the ONT, as identified by the persistent identifier; and sending the optical communication command to the ONT through the OLT, which is optically coupled to the ONT.