System and method for providing equal access over packet-switched networks
View Patent ↗A system and method for equal access over a wireline and/or wireless packet-switched network including a receiver to receive, from a requestor, a request for equal access to a service provider, and a processor to present one or more equal access criteria to be satisfied by the requestor, and in the event the one or more equal access criteria are satisfied by the requestor, to allow, to the requestor, equal access over a wireline and/or wireless packet-switched network to the service provider.
1. A method, comprising:
receiving, from equipment associated with a requestor, a request for equal access over a network to a service provider;
presenting equal access criteria to be satisfied by the equipment associated with the requestor, wherein the equal access criteria are provided based on at least a virtual local area network (VLAN) tagging, virtual private LAN service (VPLS) tagging, filtering via an access control list (ACL), filtering via a security enforcement scheme (SES), and automatic action via user profile; and
allowing, to the equipment associated with the requestor, equal access over the network to the service provider in the event that the equal access criteria are satisfied by the requestor.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the equal access criteria are applied to one or more routers, servers, switches, or intelligent devices or gateways.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein equal access is provided over a packet-switched network from the equipment of the requestor to the service provider, wherein the packet-switched network is an Internet Protocol (IP) network or a Multi Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) network.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein equal access is provided for at least one of voice, data, and multimedia communications.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the service provider is at least one of a default service provider and a service provider selected by the requestor.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein a one-time or non-fixed service provider is selected by the requestor.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the service provider is selected by the requestor based on at least one of a manual mode and a profile mode, wherein the manual mode offers selection from a list of service providers and wherein the profile mode offers selection based on predetermined conditions.
8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the predetermined conditions comprise at least one of a user preference, date, time, event, quality of service, availability, and cost.
9. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising code which when executed by a computer performs the method of claim 1 .
10. A system, comprising:
a receiver to receive, from a requestor, a request for equal access to a service provider; and
a processor to present equal access criteria to be satisfied by the requestor, and in the event the equal access criteria are satisfied by the requestor, to allow, to the requestor, equal access over a network to the service provider;
wherein the equal access criteria are provided based on at least a virtual local area network (VLAN) tagging, virtual private LAN service (VPLS) tagging, filtering via an access control list (ACL), filtering via a security enforcement scheme (SES), and automatic action via user profile.
11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the equal access criteria are applied to one or more routers, servers, switches, or intelligent devices or gateways.
12. The system of claim 10 , wherein the network is an Internet Protocol (IP) or a Multi Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) network.
13. The system of claim 10 , wherein equal access is provided for at least one of voice, data, and multimedia communications.
14. The system of claim 10 , wherein the service provider is a default service provider or a service provider is selected by the requestor.
15. The system of claim 10 , wherein a one-time or non-fixed service provider selected by the requestor.
16. The system of claim 10 , wherein the service provider is selected by the requestor based on at least one of a manual mode and a profile mode, wherein the manual mode offers selection from a list of service providers and wherein the profile mode offers selection based on predetermined conditions.
17. The system of claim 16 , wherein the predetermined conditions comprise at least one of a user preference, date, time, event, quality of service, availability, and cost.
18. The system of claim 10 , wherein the system is situated in at least one of a customer premises equipment (CPE), an access network (AN), a core network (CN), and a third party equal access server.