Patent ID: 7496652
Filing Date: 2009-02-24
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04Q

Abstract:
1. An information services architecture network comprised of a plurality of functional entities establishing a virtual services network comprising: a service retailer entity performing customer service account management and establishing service and network contracts pertaining to service rendering and entity interoperability, the service retailer entity maintaining brand identity, determining service bundling, and establishing terms and conditions for purchase, billing, and customer servicing; a service network entity providing customer information services including data, information, telephony, video, or applications services; an access network entity providing access services to customers pertaining to registration, service binding, and procedures to obtain services, the access network entity providing integrated access and transport to a service network, the access network entity further providing fully automatic and transparent access service and performing multi-level and multi-network registration between an access network of the access network entity and the service network enabling seamless interoperation and registration to establish a binding between a customer and the service network which automatically occurs at data, transport, network and service layers, relations by the access network entity providing plug and play service without first needing to create an account with either an access or service provider and without first needing to request to pre-register or pre-provision the customer, equipment, or other account details.