Patent ID: 8064357
Filing Date: 2011-11-22
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, at an authentication server, a default username and a default password for a user account from a digital subscriber line modem without a first input of the default username and the default password by a user, wherein the default username and the default password for the user account are stored in the digital subscriber line modem prior to delivery of the digital subscriber line modem to the user; authenticating the user account based on the default username and the default password for the user account, wherein authenticating the user account comprises: responsive to the authenticating of the user account having the default username and the default password stored in the digital subscriber line modem, providing a connection between the digital subscriber line modem and a walled garden website providing terms and conditions for the user account, and transmitting an authentication indication to a customer premises equipment management system, the authentication indication including digital subscriber line modem parameters including a unique digital subscriber line modem identifier; receiving a second input at the walled garden website via the connection indicating acceptance of the terms and conditions for the user account; and responsive to receiving the second input indicating acceptance of the terms and conditions, transmitting an acceptance indication from the walled garden website to the customer premises equipment management system, the acceptance indication indicating the acceptance of the terms and conditions for the user account; and transmitting a unique username and a unique password for the user account from the customer premises equipment management system to the digital subscriber line modem responsive to the authenticating of the user account.