Patent ID: 8806523

Claim:
A provisioning system comprising: a services management system including logic to enable a set-top box device that is configured to receive broadband services at a first location to access a broadband service at a second location when the set-top box device is moved from the first location to the second location, the first location associated with a subscriber account and the second location not associated with the subscriber account; and a subscriber authentication system including logic to evaluate a request that includes subscriber authorization data and to selectively authorize access to the broadband service at the second location based on the subscriber authorization data, wherein the request includes a portability key associated with the set-top box device to facilitate authentication of the request, and wherein the subscriber authentication system enables the set-top box device to access the broadband service when the set-top box device is moved from the first location to the second location after authorizing access to the broadband service at the second location.