Patent ID: 9270654
Filing Date: 2016-02-23
CPC Classification: G06Q,H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for configuring a network appliance, the method comprising: detecting, by the network appliance, a subscriber network; transmitting, to a remote configuration service, information identifying the network appliance; receiving, via the subscriber network, configuration information for automated configuration of the network appliance, wherein the configuration information includes first parameters for configuring the subscriber network, and second parameters for configuring an access network for connecting computing devices to the network appliance, and wherein the first parameters and the second parameters are based on identifier and location information associated with the network appliance; and performing the automated configuration of the network appliance using the configuration information, wherein the automated configuration does not require user input, and wherein performing the automated configuration includes using the first parameters and the second parameters to configure the network appliance for use with the access network and the subscriber network; providing, by a web server residing in the network appliance, configuration options for user selection in a graphical user interface, wherein the configuration options are for configuring the network appliance beyond the automated configuration; detecting selection of a group of the configuration options; configuring the network appliance based on the group of the configuration options; and providing, to the remote configuration service, information indicating the group of the configuration options.