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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2002
Applicants:
Brian Joseph Donlan, Lynn Haven, FL (US);
Randall G. Rushe, Panama City, FL (US);
Inventors:
Brian Joseph Donlan, Lynn Haven, FL (US);
Randall G. Rushe, Panama City, FL (US);
Assignee:
Comcast Cable Holdings, LLC, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/16 (2011.01); H04N 7/173 (2011.01); H04N 5/445 (2011.01); H04N 21/475 (2011.01); H04N 21/2543 (2011.01); H04N 21/258 (2011.01); H04N 21/478 (2011.01); H04N 21/239 (2011.01); H04N 21/643 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/4751 (2013.01); H04N 7/17318 (2013.01); H04N 21/239 (2013.01); H04N 21/2543 (2013.01); H04N 21/25866 (2013.01); H04N 21/25875 (2013.01); H04N 21/478 (2013.01); H04N 21/64307 (2013.01); H04N 21/64322 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method manages the provisioning of an client device connected to a service distribution network, such as an interactive television service-providing network. Provisioning is managed by a provisioning manager that knows the specific provisioning data to collect and where the data is located and is to be forwarded. The client or subscriber can initiate the provisioning transaction through the client device.