Patent ID: 7379448

Claim:
A method for updating subscriber services in a system having a number of remote terminals associated with a number of subscriber stations, the remote terminals for relaying signals between a network and the subscriber stations according to subscriber service parameters, the method comprising: extracting subscriber service parameters for a number of subscriber stations with a central provisioning unit; processing the extracted subscriber service parameters with the central provisioning unit to determine one or more subscriber stations requiring updating; automatically updating the subscriber service parameters associated with the subscriber stations requiring updating to correspond with the updated subscriber service parameters with commands issued from the central provisioning unit and without requiring manual interaction to associate the updated subscriber service parameters with specific subscriber stations; wherein each remote terminal includes a port for each subscriber station associated therewith for relaying signals between the communication network and the associated subscriber station, wherein the subscriber service parameters for each subscriber station specify operating characteristics for the port associated therewith, and wherein updating the subscriber service parameters includes updating the operating characteristics of the port associated with each subscriber station requiring updating; wherein the remote terminals include a number of ports and wherein updating the subscriber service parameters includes updating at least a portion of the ports included on one or more remote terminal; and sequentially updating the subscriber service parameters of each port of one of the remote terminals, wherein the sequential updating is characterized by updating a first portion of the ports and thereafter updating at least a second portion of the ports after a predefined period of time.