Patent ID: 7310663
Filing Date: 2007-12-18
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: (a) providing a first interface, wherein a service provider identifies a first network element used to provide a first service to a subscriber, and wherein the service provider defines first configuration information that is sent to the first network element in the event the subscriber elects to start the first service; and (b) providing a second interface, wherein the subscriber registers for the first service and initiates the first service without action after (a) by the service provider, wherein the subscriber registers once for the first service and thereafter is able to initiate the first service multiple times, wherein starting the first service involves generating a first activation from the first configuration information and sending the first activation to a policy distribution point such that the policy distribution point converts the first activation into first device-specific instructions that provision the first network element to start the first service for the subscriber.