US 11,522,756 C1 (12,542nd)
System and method for agnostic zero touch provisioning of customer premises equipment
Daniel Xavier Perez, Mesa, AZ (US)
Filed by XFactor Networks, LLC, Mesa, AZ (US)
Assigned to HYPERX NETWORKS, LLC, Mesa, AZ (US)
Reexamination Request No. 90/015,252, Jun. 13, 2023.
Reexamination Certificate for Patent 11,522,756, issued Dec. 6, 2022, Appl. No. 17/504,395, Oct. 18, 2021.
Application 90/015,252 is a continuation of application No. 15/931,500, filed on May 13, 2020, granted, now 11,153,155.
Application 15/931,500 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/141,852, filed on Sep. 25, 2018, granted, now 10,686,657.
Application 16/141,852 is a continuation of application No. 15/222,198, filed on Jul. 28, 2016, abandoned.
Ex Parte Reexamination Certificate issued on Mar. 19, 2024.
Int. Cl. H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 41/08 (2022.01); H04L 41/0806 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 41/0809 (2013.01) [H04L 41/0886 (2013.01)]
OG exemplary drawing
AS A RESULT OF REEXAMINATION, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT:
Claims 1, 3, 6-7, 12-15 and 17-18 are cancelled.
Claims 2, 4-5, 8-11, 16 and 19-20 were not reexamined.
1. A method, performed by a server computing device for zero touch provisioning (ZTP) in a network, the method comprising:
receiving, prior to a customer premises equipment (CPE) being plugged into a network link at a specific customer premises for a first time, a customer specification of network requirements (CSNR) exclusively specified for the CPE assigned to a specific customer at the specific customer premises, the CSNR comprising information describing the specific customer premises, and information describing an intended operation to be provided by the CPE for the specific customer;
provisioning, prior to the CPE being plugged into the network link for the first time, a class of service (COS) template created for providing the intended operation of the CPE at the customer premises, based at least on the CSNR;
storing, prior to the CPE being plugged into the network link for the first time, the COS template and a media access control (MAC) address of the CPE as a job assignment;
receiving, from the CPE, a provisioning request signal comprising the MAC address of the CPE;
authenticating the CPE;
downloading to the CPE, based at least on the received MAC address of the CPE matching the job assignment, service information for the zero touch provisioning of the intended operation of the CPE, the service information including at least the COS template information to configure the CPE for performing the intended operation; and
testing the CPE remotely, through the network, to determine if the CPE is able to perform the intended operation at the specific customer premises;
wherein the job assignment is stored in an entity other than the ZTP server.