Patent ID: 7757261

Claim:
A system for provisioning a cable television service comprising: an Internet Service Provisioning Gateway (ISPG) operatively connected to a communications network, capable of hosting a web site accessed by a user at a computer connected to the communications network wherein the ISPG is configured to provide cable television service options to the computer and receiving a first provisioning message comprising service related input data entered by the user comprising a user identifier and a host identifier, the ISPG capable of generating a second provisioning message including the service related input data, the user identifier, and the host identifier; and an enhanced services system (ESS) operatively connected to the ISPG receiving said second provisioning message, said ESS configured to use said host identifier to ascertain a host file associated with a host type, said host type determined in part by said host identifier, the host file used to identify one of a plurality of a host protocol files used for generating a message for provisioning a host identified by said host identifier wherein said message is transmitted to said host and wherein the second provisioning message further includes a host manufacturer identifier and a host model identifier.