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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2020
Level 3 Communications, Llc, Broomfield, CO (US);
Michael Nyhus, Denver, CO (US);
James M. Adkins, III, Elizabeth, CO (US);
Level 3 Communications, LLC, Broomfield, CO (US);
Abstract
A dynamic provisioning system includes a computer-executed portal that controls a router to, when a request message is received over a broadcast virtual local area network (VLAN), control the router to establish a dedicated VLAN between the customer communication device and the portal over a dedicated VLAN. The dedicated connection directing communication traffic from the customer computing device to the portal while inhibiting other communication traffic from the customer computing device. The portal also generates a user interface at the customer computing device using the dedicated connection in which the user interface to receive unique identifying information from the customer computing device. The portal also authenticates the customer computing device using the unique identifying information such that, when the customer computing device has been authenticated, receives selection of a communication service from the customer computing device, and establishes the selected communication service for the customer computing device.