Patent ID: 7054915
Filing Date: 2006-05-30
Classification: H04L,H04Q

Abstract:
1. A method for remote services control in an Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)/Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) service network, the ATM/DSL service network including an ATM/DSL head-end system (NCS) and Customer Premise Equipment (CPE), the ATM/DSL head-end system including a network control system (NCS), the CPE including at least one computer, said method comprising the steps of: sending an Internet Protocol (IP) encapsulated signal from the at least one computer, in response to an execution of a user command for the remote services control on the at least one computer, the IP encapsulated signal including an IP address of a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) web server that is coupled to the NCS; receiving the IP encapsulated signal for processing by the HTTP server; and communicating the user command to the NCS, by the HTTP web server; validating a corresponding control change to a remote service as specified in the user command, by at least the HTTP web server, based upon a relationship between a user that issued the user command, the remote services provisioned for the user, and a unique serial number of a CPE corresponding to the user.