Patent ID: 8706082

Claim:
A server comprising: a memory to store computer instructions; and a controller coupled with the memory, wherein the controller, responsive to executing the computer instructions, performs operations comprising: receiving over a network a service request generated at a secondary location that includes a secondary media receiver and a secondary telephone device, wherein the secondary location is remote from the controller; verifying an identity associated with the service request based on a subscription plan for communication services provided to a primary media receiver and to a primary telephone device at a primary location that is remote from the secondary location, wherein the secondary location is not designated under the subscription plan to access the communication services, and wherein the subscription plan for the communication services provided to the primary location comprises access to an internet access service and access to a telephone service; and providing over the network a verification of the identity to a service provider system after the identity has been verified, wherein the service provider system enables access to the internet access service and the telephone service via the secondary media receiver and the secondary telephone device based upon the verification of the identity from the controller without providing video services at the secondary location, wherein the service provider system applies to the secondary media receiver a profile preference associated with the primary media receiver, wherein the secondary media receiver presents the internet access service according to the profile preference, wherein the service provider system generates a service usage record based upon the communication services enabled at the secondary location for the secondary media receiver and the secondary telephone device and associates the service usage record of the secondary location for the secondary media receiver and the secondary telephone device with a service usage record of the primary location, wherein the telephone service enables contracted rates for the primary telephone device to be applied to voice calls made via the secondary telephone device, and wherein subsequent access to the communication services at the primary media receiver causes the service provider system to terminate access to the internet access service at the secondary media receiver.