At+t Corp.

Lawrence E Murphy

Kadangode K Ramakrishnan

Han Q Nguyen

Charles Robert Kalmanek, Jr

Russell P Sharples

John W Garrett

Arunabha Guha

Mark W Mueller

Andrew D Clifford

Charles R Kalmanek

The present invention is a method and system for providing authorization to a customer to access content on a network. A network access provider providing network access to the customer provides verification of the identity of the customer to a content provider. The content provider then determines whether that customer is authorized to access the content and, if so, provides the customer with such access. The invention provides content access based on the identity of the customer, rather than on the identity of a device the customer uses to access the content. In that way, the customer is not restricted to accessing the content through only an authorized device.

Method for providing reliable soft goods license authorization

It is an object of the invention to enable multiple services or service providers to share the facilities of an access network infrastructure providing physical connectivity to subscribers. A network access device advantageously may be used in communication network services with a service or service provider that is separate from the operator of the access network infrastructure.

Service selection in a shared access network using policy routing

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Little Silver, NJ, United States of America

Lawrence E Murphy