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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2010
Richard Woundy, North Reading, MA (US);
John G. Bevilacqua, Boulder, CO (US);
Richard Woundy, North Reading, MA (US);
John G. Bevilacqua, Boulder, CO (US);
Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Abstract
Method and system for Internet Protocol (IP) provisioning over a cable network. The method and system including a plurality of embedded settop boxes (eSTBs) of at least two different vendors requesting IP provisioning according to a first protocol. The method and system further including a network provisioning unit (NPU) in communication with the eSTBs over the network for responding to the eSTB IP provisioning requests with IP provisioning data, wherein the eSTB IP provisioning data is outputted according to the first protocol such that provisioning of the eSTBs is standard for each vendor in so far as each eSTB utilizes the first protocol for provisioning.