Auto provision system and method for customer premises equipment

Abstract

An auto provision system and method for a customer premises equipment (CPE) include: connecting a CPE to a provision platform through a network; authenticating the CPE by the provision platform and generating and transmitting a corresponding setting file to the CPE by the provision platform; and the CPE updating the configuration thereof by using the received setting file, thereby saving manual costs for ISPs (Internet Service Providers), ensuring ease of use, and enhancing information security.

1 . An auto provision system for a CPE (Customer Premises Equipment), applicable to a network, the auto provision system comprising:
 a CPE; and   a provision platform connected to the CPE through the network so as to allow the provision platform to generate a setting file corresponding to the CPE and transmit the setting file to the CPE for auto configuration update thereof.   
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the provision platform further comprises:
 a database device for storing provision data of the CPE;   an authentication device for authenticating the CPE by using the provision data; and   an auto provision device for generating the setting file corresponding to the CPE according to an authentication notice of the authentication device and transmitting the setting file to the CPE, thereby allowing the CPE to update the configuration thereof by using the setting file received.   
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the network is Internet, a local area network, a wide area network, a virtual private network, or a combination thereof. 
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the CPE is a communication device, a connection device, a routing device, a network access device, or a combination thereof. 
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 2 , wherein the database device further comprises: an equipment database for storing equipment data of the CPE, and a user database for storing application data of the CPE. 
     
     
         6 . The system of  claim 5 , wherein the equipment data is a hardware serial number, a circuit number, a physical address, an operation mode, a network address, or a combination thereof. 
     
     
         7 . The system of  claim 5 , wherein the application data is ID, a contact number, an account password, or a combination thereof. 
     
     
         8 . The system of  claim 2 , wherein the authentication device further comprises: a circuit information authentication module for authenticating the circuit information of the CPE, and an equipment information authentication module for authenticating the equipment information of the CPE. 
     
     
         9 . The system of  claim 2 , wherein the auto provision device further comprises: a setting file generation module for generating the setting file corresponding to the CPE, and a setting file encryption module for encrypting the setting file. 
     
     
         10 . The system of  claim 9 , wherein the auto provision device transmits the encrypted setting file to the CPE, and the CPE decrypts the setting file and updates the configuration thereof by using the decrypted setting file. 
     
     
         11 . An auto provision method for a CPE, applicable to a network, the auto provision method comprising the steps of:
 ( 1 ) connecting a CPE to a provision platform through the network;   ( 2 ) authenticating the CPE by the provision platform;   ( 3 ) generating and transmitting a corresponding setting file by the provision platform to the CPE through the network; and   ( 4 ) the CPE updating the configuration thereof by using the received setting file.   
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein the network is Internet, a local area network, a wide area network, a virtual private network, or a combination thereof. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein the CPE is a communication device, a connection device, a routing device, a network access device, or a combination thereof. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein step ( 2 ) further comprises:
 ( 2 - 1 ) an auto provision device determining whether the CPE is a recognized device;   ( 2 - 2 ) the auto provision device requesting an authentication device to authenticate the CPE; and   ( 2 - 3 ) the authentication device authenticating the CPE by using provision data.   
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 14 , wherein the provision data is a hardware serial number, a circuit number, a physical address, an operation mode, a network address, ID, a contact number, an account password, or a combination thereof. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein step ( 3 ) further comprises:
 ( 3 - 1 ) the provision platform generating the setting file corresponding to the CPE and encrypting the setting file; and   ( 3 - 2 ) the provision platform transmitting the encrypted setting file to the CPE through the network.   
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein step ( 4 ) further comprises:
 ( 4 - 1 ) the CPE decrypting the setting file; and   ( 4 - 2 ) the CPE updating the configuration thereof by using the decrypted setting file.