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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2003
Applicants:
Joseph Thomas O'neil, Staten Island, NY (US);
Yzhak Ronen, West Windsor, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Joseph Thomas O'Neil, Staten Island, NY (US);
Yzhak Ronen, West Windsor, NJ (US);
Assignee:
AT&T Corp., New York, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G16F 15/177 (2006.01); H04L 9/00 (2006.01); H04K 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An enhanced network element and method for configuring and deploying computer network elements is disclosed. A customer orders a network element from an equipment provider. Upon receipt of the unconfigured network element, a Trusted Configuration Device (TCD) is shipped from a network provider to the customer. The TCD transmits information to the NE that enables it to download a configuration file from a Provisioning Server (PS) via a secure channel.