US 11,909,605 B1
Speed boost for eligible user equipment on a local area network
Shane Newberg, Aurora, CO (US); Christopher Teague, Castle Pines, CO (US); and William K. Logan, Overland Park, KS (US)
Assigned to Charter Communications Operating, LLC, St. Louis, MO (US)
Filed by Charter Communications Operating, LLC, St. Louis, MO (US)
Filed on Dec. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/086,042.
Int. Cl. H04L 41/50 (2022.01); H04L 41/0896 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 41/508 (2013.01) [H04L 41/0896 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
obtaining, by a computing system comprising one or more computing devices, data indicating a first user equipment (UE) has connected to a local area network (LAN) implemented by a router connected to a customer premises equipment (CPE) provisioned with a default feature associated with a first service tier of a plurality of different service tiers provided by an internet service provider (ISP);
determining, by the computing system, the first UE is eligible for a second service tier of the plurality of different service tiers provided by the ISP;
responsive to determining the first UE is eligible for the second service tier, causing, by the computing system, the CPE to be dynamically provisioned with a differentiated feature associated with the second service tier; and
sending, by the computing system, a message to the router to configure the router to facilitate providing the differentiated feature to the first UE.