Patent ID: 7774821

Claim:
A method comprising: downloading installation data at a portable computing device from a communications provider server via an Internet Protocol (IP) network connection, wherein the installation data includes a script that is adapted to establish IP connectivity between a first network device and at least a second network device to facilitate installation of the first network device on a communications provider network; terminating the IP network connection between the portable computing device and the communications provider server; establishing a local connection between the first network device and the portable computing device; determining, at the portable computing device, when the first network device is configured according to a communications provider specification while the portable computing device is disconnected from communicating with the communications provider server, wherein the communications provider specification relates to providing at least one communications service to one or more customer premises; and sending the script from the portable computing device to the first network device via the local connection between the portable computing device and the first network device after determining that the first network device is configured according to the communications provider specification.