Patent ID: 8451979

Claim:
A method for correlating a subscriber unit in a point to multipoint network with a geographic location, the method comprising: prompting, with the subscriber unit, an installer to input a location code associated with a subscriber, the location code permitting identification of the geographic location of the subscriber, wherein the subscriber unit includes a network interface configured to receive and transmit signals over the point to multipoint network, wherein the signals include at least one of voice content, video content and data content, and wherein the subscriber unit is configured to connect subscriber equipment to the subscriber unit to facilitate transfer of the at least one of voice content, video content and data content between the point to multipoint network and the subscriber equipment; receiving the location code in the subscriber unit; and transmitting the location code and a subscriber unit identifier via the network from the subscriber unit to a central repository for storage of the location code and the subscriber unit identifier in the central repository to correlate the subscriber unit with the geographic location.