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1. 1100 1200 and or 1300 can be coupled connected and or installed on a local area network 1400 Also coupled con nected and or installed on a local area network 1400 can be an information device 1500 running a network agent 1550 which can detect one or more capabilities 1120 1220 1320 of communications devices 1100 1200 1300 respectively Information device 1500 can be coupled connected and or installed on a service provider s network 1600 Also coupled connected and or installed on a service provider s network 1600 can be one or more servers 1700 1800 Server 1700 possibly utilizing a database 1740 coupled thereto can provide one or more services 1720 via network 1600 to agent 1550 and or communications device 1100 1200 and or 1300 Server 1800 possibly utilizing a database 1840 coupled thereto can provide one or more services 1820 via network 1600 to agent 1550 and or communications device 1100 1200 and or 1300 Each communications device 1100 1200 1300 can com prise a user interface 1140 1240 1340 respectively via which one or more service options 1160 1260 1360 respec tively relating to the service provider s network 1600 can be rendered to a user of communications device 1100 1200 1300 Service options 1140 1240 1340 can relate to network 1600 services 1720 1820 available via network 1600 and or capabilities 1120 1220 1320 of communications devices 1100 1200 1300 FIG 2 is a flow diagram of
2. FPGA that has been designed to implement in its hardware and or firmware at least a part of an embodiment disclosed herein As used herein a memory device means any hardware element capable of data storage such as for example a non volatile memory volatile memory Random Access Memory RAM Read Only Memory ROM flash memory magnetic media a hard disk a floppy disk a magnetic tape an optical media an optical disk a compact disk a CD a digital versa tile disk a DVD and or a raid array etc As used herein the term firmware means machine read able instructions that are stored in a read only memory ROM ROM s can comprise PROMs and EPROMs As used herein the term I O device means any sensory oriented input and or output device such as an audio visual haptic olfactory and or taste oriented device including for example a monitor display projector overhead display key board keypad mouse trackball joystick gamepad wheel touchpad touch panel pointing device microphone speaker video camera camera scanner printer haptic device vibra tor tactile simulator and or tactile pad potentially including a port to which an I O device can be attached or connected As used herein the term haptic means both the human sense of kinesthetic movement and the human sense of touch Among the many potential haptic experiences are numerous US 7 970 914 B2 7 sensations body positional
3. an exemplary embodiment of a method 2000 At activity 2100 a network agent can be pro vided for installation on a user s premises The agent can be provided upon user request The agent can be adapted to couple to a service provider s network via a physical connec tion which can comprise for example a modem e g cable DSL telephone wireless optical fiber connection and or free space optics connection etc The agent can be adapted to couple to a local area network associated with the user s premises At activity 2200 the agent can automatically detect instal lation of a communications device on the local area network The communications device can be any information device such as a computer telephone multimedia device etc At activity 2300 via a detector coupled to and or integral to the agent the agent can automatically detect one or more capabilities of the communications device At activity 2400 via a user interface of the communica tions device a user can be automatically offered one or more user selectable service options relating to the service provid er s network which can include one or more services and or one or more servers The one or more user selectable service options can relate to at least one capability of the communi US 7 970 914 B2 5 cations device The user selectable service options can be provided before after and or irregardless of registration of the communications device with the serv
4. devices at retail outlets e g RadioShack CompUSA and bring them home The devices could then register through the Network Agent with the ser vice provider s network could be provided with a suite of service options and could be provided with a network con nection contact address e g telephone number e mail address IP address username etc Thus communication devices can be identified and attached to a service provider s 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 4 network and or can be automatically provisioned for services Such automatic provisioning can reduce labor costs for the service provider by reducing and or eliminating installation labor increase customer adoption rate by providing a low barrier to acceptance and or provide a competitive advan tage over the LEC s by providing faster service provision ing In certain exemplary embodiments the process can be encapsulated in software that resides at the customer s pre mises inside the Network Agent Interface Device or Gate way and within the Network With wireless gateways for IEEE 802 11b available at retail buy com et cetera this process can allow any Multiple System Operator MSO to offer second line voice services to cable modem customers with little added cost FIG 1 is a block diagram of an exemplary embodiment of a system 1000 which can comprise one or more communi cations devices 1100 1200 1300 Communications device
5. differences in sensations and time based changes in sensations that are perceived at least partially in non visual non audible and non olfactory man ners including the experiences of tactile touch being touched active touch grasping pressure friction fraction slip stretch force torque impact puncture vibration motion acceleration jerk pulse orientation limb position gravity texture gap recess viscosity pain itch moisture temperature thermal conductivity and thermal capacity As used herein the term user interface means any device for rendering information to a user and or requesting infor mation from the user A user interface includes at least one of textual graphical audio video animation and or haptic ele ments A textual element can be provided for example by a printer monitor display projector etc A graphical element can be provided for example via a monitor display projec tor and or visual indication device such as a light flag beacon etc An audio element can be provided for example via a speaker microphone and or other sound generating and or receiving device A video element or animation ele ment can be provided for example via a monitor display projector and or other visual device A haptic element can be provided for example via a very low frequency speaker vibrator tactile stimulator tactile pad simulator keyboard keypad mouse trackball joystick gamep
6. 1800 1740 1840 Fig 1 U S Patent Jun 28 2011 Sheet 2 of 3 US 7 970 914 B2 2000 Provide agent 2100 Detect device installation on 2200 LAN Detection capability of 2300 device Offer service options 2400 Connect to service provider 2500 Receive device information and or selection of service 2600 option s Provide user connection 2700 address Fig 2 U S Patent Jun 28 2011 Sheet 3 of 3 US 7 970 914 B2 3000 I User Interface Instructions Processor Network Interface 3100 Fig 3 US 7 970 914 B2 1 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVISIONING NETWORK SERVICES BACKGROUND United States Patent Application 20030172170 which is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety allegedly cites that a communications system and method is provided that includes multiple networked devices connected in a local area network and connected via a gateway having enhanced func tionality to a wide area network such as the Internet using one or more Internet service providers The system includes a source routing device 130 at least two networked customer premise equipment devices 118 120 a gateway 123 for controlling communication between the source routing device 130 and the customer premise equipment devices 118 120 and an address server 132 for providing the gateway 123 with at least two dynamically assigned Internet protocol addresses corresponding to different Internet s
7. 97 Stewart 5 654 959 A 8 1997 Baker et al 5 655 219 A 8 1997 Jusa et al 5 657 317 A 8 1997 Mahany et al 5 678 002 A 10 1997 Fawcett et al 715 709 5 682 381 A 10 1997 Sekihata et al 5 684 801 A 11 1997 Amitay et al 5 696 903 A 12 1997 Mahany 5 724 346 A 3 1998 Kobayashi et al 5 768 531 A 6 1998 Lin Continued OTHER PUBLICATIONS MSN Encarta Dictionary 2009 Available http encarta msn com encnet features dictionary DictionaryResults aspx refid 186 1621587 Accessed Jan 30 2009 Continued Primary Examiner Brendan Higa 74 Attorney Agent or Firm Akerman Senterfitt Michael K Dixon 57 Certain exemplary embodiments provide a method compris ing automatically detecting at an agent an installation of a communications device to a local network coupled to the agent automatically offering via the communications device a plurality of user selectable service options relating to a service provider s network and relating to at least one capa bility of the communications device the at least one capabil ity detected by the agent in response to a selection of at least one service option from the plurality of service options pro viding via the agent a user connection address ABSTRACT 15 Claims 3 Drawing Sheets am Detect geris rinata laio on 5299 Detection capability of 5 2300 device Offer service options 2400 Connect to service provider 2500 Receive device i
8. DSL modem 6 The method of claim 1 wherein the physical connection comprises a telephone modem 7 The method of claim 1 wherein the physical connection comprises a wireless modem US 7 970 914 B2 9 8 The method of claim 1 wherein the physical connection comprises an optical fiber connection 9 The method of claim 1 wherein the physical connection comprises a free space optics connection 10 The method of claim 1 wherein the non visual user interface services comprise push button services for caller ID 11 The method of claim 1 further comprising providing a user connection address wherein the user con nection address is a telephone number 12 The method of claim 1 further comprising providing a user connection address wherein the user con nection address is an e mail address 13 The method of claim 1 further comprising providing a user connection address wherein the user con nection address is an IP address 14 A non transitory computer readable medium compris ing computer executable instructions for activities compris ing responsive to a request by a user for at least one service relating to a service provider s network receiving via a network interface device associated with a user an agent configured for installation on a local network and con figured to couple to the service provider s network via a physical connection at the local network automatically detecting by the agent an instal
9. ad wheel touch pad touch panel pointing device and or other haptic device etc A user interface can include one or more textual elements such as for example one or more letters number symbols etc A user interface can include one or more graphical ele ments such as for example an image photograph drawing icon window title bar panel sheet tab drawer matrix table form calendar outline view frame dialog box static text text box list pick list pop up list pull down list menu tool bar dock check box radio button hyperlink browser but ton control palette preview panel color wheel dial slider scroll bar cursor status bar stepper and or progress indica tor etc A textual and or graphical element can be used for selecting programming adjusting changing specifying etc an appearance background color background style border style border thickness foreground color font font style font size alignment line spacing indent maximum data length validation query cursor type pointer type autosizing posi tion and or dimension etc A user interface can include one or more audio elements such as for example a volume con trol pitch control speed control voice selector and or one or more elements for controlling audio play speed pause fast forward reverse etc A user interface can include one or more video elements such as for example elements controlling video play speed pau
10. ammable logic device such as a PLD PLA FPGA or PAL or the like etc In general any device on which resides a finite state machine capable of implementing at least a portion of a method structure and or or graphical user interface described herein may be used as an information device An information device can include well known com ponents such as one or more network interfaces one or more processors one or more memories containing instructions and or one or more input output I O devices one or more user interfaces etc As used herein the term network interface means any device system or subsystem capable of coupling an infor mation device to a network For example a network interface can bea telephone cellular phone cellular modem telephone data modem fax modem wireless transceiver ethernet card cable modem digital subscriber line interface bridge hub router or other similar device As used herein the term processor means a device for processing machine readable instruction A processor can be a central processing unit a local processor a remote proces sor parallel processors and or distributed processors etc The processor can be a general purpose microprocessor such the Pentium III series of microprocessors manufactured by the Intel Corporation of Santa Clara Calif In another embodiment the processor can be an Application Specific Integrated Circuit ASIC or a Field Programmable Gate Array
11. ample for an e mail service a user selectable e mail address a quantity of e mail addresses an e mail server storage capacity a service provider network connection speed a number of connectable communications devices an e mail pricing plan etc As another example for a telephone service a calling plan a call pricing plan a call waiting service a caller ID service an audio quality a number of connect able communications devices etc capability an ability that has potential for use Examples include the type of device e g POTS telephone IP phone e g conforming to SIP H 323 and or MGCP MEGACO etc protocols fax printer scanner com puter multimedia device cordless wireless etc net work connection of the device e g POTS cable IP ethernet wireless 802 11b etc processing ability memory user interface upgradablity addressability etc of the device user connection address an identifier via which other users can communicate via the service provider s net work with the user such as an e mail address a tele phone number an IP address etc DETAILED DESCRIPTION Internet telephony packet communications home net works and other innovations are driving a need to change the way that communication devices telephones computers multimedia devices etc that attach to a service provider s network are identified provisioned served and billed Opportunities exist to dramatically redu
12. az United States Patent Bowen et al US007970914B2 US 7 970 914 B2 Jun 28 2011 10 Patent No 45 Date of Patent 54 75 73 21 22 65 63 51 52 58 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVISIONING NETWORK SERVICES Inventors Donald J Bowen Madison NJ US Richard H Erving Encinitas CA US Robert R Miller Convent Station NJ US John F Murray Denville NJ US Christopher W Rice Parsippany NJ US Assignee AT amp T Intellectual Property II LP Atlanta GA US Notice Subject to any disclaimer the term of this patent is extended or adjusted under 35 U S C 154 b by 0 days This patent is subject to a terminal dis claimer Appl No 12 624 716 Filed Nov 24 2009 Prior Publication Data US 2010 0067407 A1 Mar 18 2010 Related U S Application Data Continuation of application No 10 748 955 filed on Dec 30 2003 now Pat No 7 627 679 Int Cl G06F 15 16 2006 01 H04M 15 00 2006 01 H04L 12 26 2006 01 U S Cl 709 227 709 225 709 226 709 228 709 229 379 142 04 379 100 16 379 88 04 370 252 370 254 370 401 Field of Classification Search 709 227 229 370 252 254 401 379 142 01 142 18 379 100 16 88 01 88 28 See application file for complete search history 2000 56 References Cited U S PATENT DOCUMENTS 5 526 406 A 6 1996 Luneau uu eee 455 563 5 548 814 A 8 1996 Lorang et al 5 633 888 A 5 19
13. ce the time labor required to provision services on these new devices In certain exemplary embodiments a Network Agent can control access to a service provider s network The Net work Agent can be implemented in software firmware and or hardware The Network Agent can be implemented in a network interface network gateway and or within the net work The Network Agent can act as a proxy between a private network e g wired or wireless LAN IP based home and or enterprise network and the public network and or can allow administration of the private public boundary In certain exemplary embodiments a user can 1 Subscribe to a service provider network and obtain a Network Agent interface 2 Obtain a new communications device such as a handset or computer 3 Use the new devices to access the service provider net Work provisioning process to request service 4 Have services authorized by the service provider 5 Provision services delivered by the service provider network A typical scenario might be as follows a customer contacts a service provider to obtain service and is provided with a high bandwidth connection e g cable DSL fixed wireless fiber or free space optics etc and a local Network Agent perhaps housed in an interface unit such as a set top box equipped with a wireless home base stations At this point the customer is free to purchase devices e g telephones computers multimedia
14. d maintaining services over a network service reduces deploy ment time cost and maintenance and increases reliability An executable element generator is operable to process mod ule scripts such as an XML Extensible Markup Language script recognized across the execution environment Each module script describes a network element service or sub scription A plurality of available services are defined in which each of the available services corresponds to one or more of the module scripts A script processor interprets the module script and provides it to executable element genera tors conversant in the script language which process the module scripts via a GUI to produce executable objects A service provisioning engine is operable to execute the execut able objects for providing the corresponding service via the network See Abstract United States Patent Application 20030120750 which is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety allegedly cites that the provisioning of user preferences to a device or ser vice is described According to one embodiment of the inven tion upon detecting a coupling of a device a presumed user of the device is determined The user preferences of the pre sumed user are retrieved and used to configure the device In 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 2 addition particular services are loaded and unloaded from the device based on the user preferences of the pre
15. diment of an information device 3000 which can represent any of com munication devices 1100 1200 1300 1500 and or any serv ers 1700 1800 of FIG 1 Information device 3000 can com prise any of numerous well known components such as for example one or more network interfaces 3100 one or more processors 3200 one or more memories 3300 containing instructions 3400 one or more input output I O devices 3500 and or one or more user interfaces 3600 coupled to I O 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 6 device 3500 etc User interface 3600 can be used to render user selectable service options to a user of information device 3000 As used herein the term information device means any device capable of processing information such as any general purpose and or special purpose computer such as a personal computer workstation server minicomputer mainframe supercomputer computer terminal laptop wearable com puter and or Personal Digital Assistant PDA mobile termi nal Bluetooth device communicator smart phone such as a Handspring Treo like device messaging service e g Blackberry receiver pager facsimile cellular telephone a traditional telephone telephonic device a programmed microprocessor or microcontroller and or peripheral inte grated circuit elements an ASIC or other integrated circuit a hardware electronic logic circuit such as a discrete element circuit and or a progr
16. ervice providers 138 140 to enable each of the customer premise equipment devices 118 120 to establish simultaneous con nections with the different Internet service providers 138 140 See Abstract United States Patent Application 20030169752 which is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety allegedly cites that a integrated phone based home gateway system is dis closed The integrated phone based home gateway system includes a broadband communication device such as digital subscriber line DSL device an analog modem a wireless interface integrated into a screen phone for providing broad band communication service to home users Multiple home users are able to access the Internet and the content services for conducting e commerce receiving content news enter taining on demand making audio or video communications and telecommuting or working at home This screen phone based modular plug n play home gateway interface allows in home as well as to home networking provides automatic data and broadband initialization configuration and service provisioning routing and bridging functionality and allows resource sharing among home devices via the existing phone wire wireless coaxial or optical cable connections See Abstract United States Patent Application 20030055945 which is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety allegedly cites a services definition language for seamlessly creating an
17. ice provider s net work At activity 2500 the communications device and or net work agent can be communicatively coupled to the service provider s network Thus the communications device and or network agent can communicate with one or more agents services and or servers on the service provider s network At activity 2600 the service provider s network can auto matically receive from the communications device and or network agent information sufficient to register the commu nication device and or the network agent and or one can receive or more user selected service options Based on the received information and or service options the service pro vider s network can authorize the user the communications device and or the network agent to receive and or access one or more services and or servers of the service provider s network For example upon registration of a communications device and assuming that certain user selectable service options have not yet already been provided by the agent the network can provide user selectable service options catered to the communications device For instance ifthe device is an IP phone lacking a display the selectable service options can relate to non visual user interface services such as push but ton and or spoken commands for voicemail management call forwarding caller ID etc As another example via registration and or receipt of user selectable service options the serv
18. ice provider s network could recognize that the communications device is a tele phone connected to the service provider s network via cable modem and could then offer competitive local exchange carrier CLEC telephone service to the user and or commu nications device As yet another example via receipt of registration infor mation and or service options the service provider s network could download an updated user manual user interface oper ating system patch security software applications clients agents wizards set up wizards etc to the communications device At activity 2700 the service provider s network can auto matically provide a user connection address to the network agent and or the communications device The user connec tion address can be for example a telephone number e mail address IP address etc Upon provision of the user connection address the com munications device can utilize the user connection address to obtain one or more services e g telephone service IP tele phony e mail newsgroups FTP web access chat voicemail electronic fax integrated messaging etc from the service provider s network Via the user connection address and or the registration of the communication device and or network agent the service provider s network can account for a ser vice provided to the communications device via the service provider s network FIG 3 is a block diagram of an exemplary embo
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20. ity can be performed by multiple entities and or any element can be duplicated Further any activity or element can be excluded the sequence of activities can vary and or the interrelationship of elements can vary Accordingly the descriptions and drawings are to be regarded as illustrative in nature and not as restrictive Moreover when any number or range is described herein unless clearly stated otherwise that number or range is approximate When any range is described herein unless clearly stated otherwise that range includes all values therein and all subranges therein Any information in any material e g a United States patent United States patent application book article etc that has been incorporated by reference herein is only incorporated by reference to the extent that no conflict exists between such information and the other statements and drawings set forth herein In the event of such conflict including a conflict that would render a claim invalid then any such conflicting information in such incorporated by reference material is specifically not incor porated by reference herein What is claimed is 1 A method comprising responsive to a request by a user for at least one service relating to a service provider s network receiving via a network interface device associated with a user an agent configured for installation at a local network and con figured to couple to the service provider s network via a
21. lation of a communications device at the local network the com munications device being a telephone lacking a display responsive to the agent detecting the installation of the communications device at the local network automati cally detecting by the agent at least one capability of the communications device and 20 25 30 10 automatically offering via the communications device a plurality of user selectable service options relating to the service provider s network and the at least one capa bility of the communications device as detected by the agent the plurality of user selected options related to a non visual user interface service 15 A system comprising an agent configured to be received via a network interface device in response to a request by a user for at least one service relating to a service provider s network the agent further configured for installation at a local net Work the agent further configured to couple to a service provid er s network via a physical connection at the local net Work a communications device installed on the local network the communications device being a telephone lacking a display the agent further configured to automatically detect the installation of the communications device at the local network the agent further configured to automatically detect at least one capability of the communications device responsive to the agent detecting the installation of the c
22. munication devices Examples include wired and or wireless communications networks such as public pri vate circuit switched packet switched connection less virtual radio telephone POTS non POTS PSTN non PSTN cellular cable DSL satellite microwave twisted pair IEEE 802 03 Ethernet token ring local area wide area IP Internet intranet wireless Ultra Wide Band UWB Wi Fi BlueTooth Airport IEEE 802 11 IEEE 802 11a IEEE 802 11b IEEE 802 11g X 10 and or electrical power networks etc and or any equivalents thereof agent a set of instructions comprised in hardware firm ware and or software installation a state of being installed premises land and or the buildings on it coupling the act of linking together physical connection a tangible link automatically acting or operating in a manner essentially independent of external influence or control For example an automatic light switch can turn on upon seeing a person in its view without the person manu ally operating the light switch detecting the act of sensing or perceiving communications device an information device compris ing at least three of the following capabilities process ing transmitting receiving and rendering local network a network located substantially on the same premises as the user US 7 970 914 B2 3 service options collections of parameters relating to a service or multiple services For ex
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24. ommuni cations device at the local network and the communications device configured to offer a plurality of user selectable service options relating to the service provider s network and the at least one capability ofthe communications device as detected by the agent the user selected options related to a non visual user inter face service
25. physical connection at the local network automatically detecting by the agent an installation of a communications device at the local network the com munications device being a telephone lacking a display responsive to the agent detecting the installation of the communications device at the local network automati cally detecting by the agent at least one capability ofthe communications device and automatically offering via the communications device a plurality of user selectable service options relating to the service provider s network and the at least one capa bility of the communications device as detected by the agent the plurality of user selected options related to a non visual user interface service and at least one user selectable service option comprising an option for downloading an updated user manual 2 The method of claim 1 further comprising registering the communications device with the service provider s network the communications device coupled to the service provider s network via a cable modem the plurality of user selectable service option further com prising a competitive local exchange carrier telephone service 3 The method of claim 1 further comprising accounting for service provided to the communications device via the service provider s network 4 The method of claim 1 wherein the physical connection comprises a cable modem 5 The method of claim 1 wherein the physical connection comprises a
26. se fast forward reverse zoom in zoom out rotate and or tilt etc A user interface can include one or more animation elements such as for example ele ments controling animation play pause fast forward reverse zoom in zoom out rotate tilt color intensity speed frequency appearance etc A user interface can include one or more haptic elements such as for example elements utilizing tactile stimulus force pressure vibration motion displacement temperature etc Still other embodiments will become readily apparent to those skilled in this art from reading the above recited detailed description and drawings of certain exemplary embodiments It should be understood that numerous varia tions modifications and additional embodiments are pos sible and accordingly all such variations modifications and embodiments are to be regarded as being within the spirit and scope of the appended claims For example regardless of the content of any portion e g title field background sum 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 8 mary abstract drawing figure etc ofthis application unless clearly specified to the contrary there is no requirement for the inclusion in any claim ofthe application of any particular described or illustrated activity or element any particular sequence of such activities or any particular interrelationship of such elements Moreover any activity can be repeated any activ
27. sumed user of the device See Abstract BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS A wide variety of potential embodiments will be more readily understood through the following detailed descrip tion with reference to the accompanying drawings in which FIG 1 is a block diagram of an exemplary embodiment of a system 1000 FIG 2 is a flow diagram of an exemplary embodiment of a method 2000 and FIG 3 is a block diagram of an exemplary embodiment of an information device 3000 SUMMARY Certain exemplary embodiments provide a method com prising automatically detecting at an agent an installation of a communications device to a local network coupled to the agent automatically offering via the communications device a plurality of user selectable service options relating to a service provider s network and relating to at least one capa bility ofthe communications device the at least one capabil ity detected by the agent in response to a selection of at least one service option from the plurality of service options pro viding via the agent a user connection address DEFINITIONS When the following terms are used herein the accompa nying definitions apply user a customer or recipient of a service request an expression of human desire service an activity provided for the benefit of another service provider an entity that offers to provide a service via a network network a communicatively coupled plurality of com
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