IP Library Granted Patent US 8,582,740
Granted Patent B2
US 8,582,740 · App. 13/300,136 · Granted Nov 12, 2013

Method for automated management of a telecommunication service

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Patent No.
US 8,582,740
App. No.
13/300,136
Granted
Nov 12, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

Method for automatically managing a telecommunication service. In one embodiments, the method comprises collecting data associated with use of the telecommunication service by a user; determining, based on the data, an activation state associated with the use of the telecommunication service by the user; and executing, based on the activation state, a management process to automatically enable the use of the telecommunication service by the user, wherein the steps of collecting, determining, and executing are automatically performed by a processor of a controller associated with the telecommunication service.

Claims (27)

1. A method for automatically managing a telecommunication service, comprising:

collecting data associated with use of the telecommunication service by a user of at least one device;

determining, based on the data, an activation state associated with the use of the telecommunication service by the user of the at least one device; and

executing, based on the activation state, a management process on the at least one device to automatically enable the use of the telecommunication service by the user by altering a telecommunication service user account status associated with the use of the telecommunication service by the user,

wherein the steps of collecting, determining, and executing are automatically performed by a processor of a controller associated with the telecommunication service.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the activation state is for the telecommunication service.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein collecting the data comprises scanning the at least one device associated with the user.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the at least one device is at least one of a Customer Premise Equipment (CPE) device or an interface to an internet protocol (IP) network.

5. The method of claim 3 , wherein the data comprises at least one of network connectivity information, a profile for a provider of the telecommunication service, a profile for the user, a default setting, or memory content.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the state is for at least one of a Customer Premise Equipment (CPE) device or a user account for the telecommunication service.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein collecting the data comprises monitoring activity of a configuration file of the CPE.

8. The method of claim 6 , wherein collecting the data comprises monitoring transactions occurring across a network accessed by the telecommunication service.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein executing the management process comprises changing the state.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein changing the state comprises changing at least one of a Customer Premise Equipment (CPE) state or a telecommunication service state from inactive to active.

11. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a software program that, when executed by a computer, causes the computer to perform a method for automatically managing a telecommunication service, the method comprising:

collecting data associated with use of the telecommunication service by a user of at least one device;

determining, based on the data, an activation state associated with the use of the telecommunication service by the user of the at least one device; and

executing, based on the activation state, a management process on the at least one device to automatically enable the use of the telecommunication service by the user by altering a telecommunication service user account status associated with the use of the telecommunication service by the user.

12. The computer readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the activation state is for the telecommunication service.

13. The computer readable medium of claim 11 , wherein collecting the data comprises scanning the at least one device associated with the user.

14. The computer readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the at least one device is at least one of a Customer Premise Equipment (CPE) device or an interface to an internet protocol (IP) network.

15. The computer readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the data comprises at least one of network connectivity information, a profile for a provider of the telecommunication service, a profile for the user, a default setting, or memory content.

16. The computer readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the state is for at least one of a Customer Premise Equipment (CPE) device or a user account for the telecommunication service.

17. The computer readable medium of claim 16 , wherein collecting the data comprises monitoring activity of a configuration file of the CPE.

18. The computer readable medium of claim 16 , wherein collecting the data comprises monitoring transactions occurring across a network accessed by the telecommunication service.

19. The computer readable medium of claim 11 , wherein executing the management process comprises changing the state.

20. The computer readable medium of claim 19 , wherein changing the state comprises changing at least one of a Customer Premise Equipment (CPE) state or a telecommunication service state from inactive to active.

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