Prodea Systems, Inc.

Michael P Cooper

George A Cowgill

Amir Ansari

Atousa Raissyan

Jude P Ramayya

Ramprakash Masina

Alvin R McQuarters

Leon E Nicholls

Wesley Ronald Erhart

A method of putting a first gateway device into service, the first gateway device having an application service module and a network module enabling communications between the first gateway device and the activation manager, the application service module residing on a user premises side of a network service provider demarcation. The method comprises identifying, at the first gateway device disposed at a user premises, an activation manager in communication with the first gateway device, transmitting, from the first gateway device, an activation certificate to the activation manager for verification and authentication, generating a service authentication key associated with the first gateway device, storing the service authentication key and an indication that the associated gateway device status is activated in a database, determining the services available to the first gateway device, and transmitting the service authentication key and an identification of the available services to the first gateway device.

Activation, initialization, authentication, and authorization for a multi-services gateway device at user premises

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Michael P Cooper