Patent ID: 8380836

Claim:
A method for network management, the method comprising: in a communication system comprising a management entity that coordinates operation of one or more endpoint devices: receiving a user profile, the user profile including information about one or more of applications leased and services leased by respective ones of said one or more endpoint devices and including a usage pattern with information about past usage of applications and services by said respective ones of said one or more endpoint devices by said management entity; and determining leasing information for said one or more endpoint devices by utilizing said received user profile including the usage pattern associated with said one or more endpoint devices, wherein said determined leasing information comprises information about leasing one or both of: applications and/or services to said one or more endpoint devices and a time period for downloading one or more of said applications leased by said one or more endpoint devices, the leasing information being useable by the one or more endpoint devices to configure themselves based on the leasing information.