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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2005
Anton Okmianski, Lincoln, MA (US);
Allen J. Huotari, Garden Grove, CA (US);
Mickael Graham, Lincoln, MA (US);
Joshua B. Littlefield, Wellesley, MA (US);
Anton Okmianski, Lincoln, MA (US);
Allen J. Huotari, Garden Grove, CA (US);
Mickael Graham, Lincoln, MA (US);
Joshua B. Littlefield, Wellesley, MA (US);
Cisco Technology. Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
An Internet service device includes data and instructions to generate a user interface to subscribe to an Internet service, and to automatically discover one or more service provider services. The internet service device may receive information indicative of a selected service provider from a user device, and may automatically discover a location of a subscription service and a configuration service for the selected service provider. Automatic discovery of one or more services may be performed using DNS SRV. Device can be automatically identified to service subscription and configuration servers to enable association of subscriber with a device.