Patent ID: 6952836

Claim:
A system for managing the intercommunication of provisioning-related data between interconnected provisioning systems in an interactive television (ITV) network, the system comprising: an ITV Provisioning Manager device having a plurality of interfaces; a plurality of ITV Network Components, the plurality of ITV Network Components including an IP provisioning system, a subscriber management billing system, an ITV service server, and a customer service center; each of the ITV Network Components having an associated provisioning system, wherein the associated provisioning systems of the ITV Network Components are individually connected to respective ones of the interfaces of the ITV Provisioning Manager device in order for the associated provisioning systems of the ITV Network Components and the ITV Provisioning Manager device to communicate provisioning-related data with one another for the ITV Provisioning Manager device to manage provisioning of the ITV Network Components; and an ITV Client Device having an associated provisioning system connected to at least one of the ITV Network Components in order for provisioning-related data to be communicated between the associated provisioning system of the ITV Client Device and the ITV Network Manager device via the associated provisioning system of the at least one of the ITV Network Components connected to the ITV Client Device for the ITV Provisioning Manager device to manage provisioning of the ITV Client Device; wherein the associated provisioning system of the ITV Client Device is individually connected to a respective one of the interfaces of the ITV Provisioning Manager device in order for the associated provisioning system of the ITV Client Device and the ITV Provisioning Manager device to communicate provisioning-related data directly with one another for the ITV Provisioning Manager device to manage provisioning of the ITV client device, wherein the ITV Client Device is associated with a subscriber of the ITV network.