Autodiscovery System for Event-Driven Content Credential Activation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current telecommunication service providers and conditional access systems inefficiently manage content credentials for customer premise equipment, leading to resource waste when equipment is not installed promptly after purchase, as credentials are made available at the time of subscription and have limited availability on the data carousel.

Innovation Solution

An autodiscovery system using an event-driven architecture that monitors network communications to detect when customer premise equipment is ready, generating an autodiscovery event to request and provide content credentials only when needed, thereby optimizing the use of data carousel resources.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If content credentials are made available on the data carousel at the time of subscription or purchase, then the customer premise equipment can receive service quickly, but the data carousel storage is wasted when the equipment is not installed in a timely manner

Engineering Contradiction:

ImproveService activation speedVSAvoidData carousel storage waste

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSLoss of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by registering the customer premise equipment identifier and configuring the autodiscovery system in advance at the time of subscription or purchase. However, the actual content credentials are not made available on the data carousel until the autodiscovery event occurs when the equipment is ready, thus avoiding storage waste while maintaining quick activation capability

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system dynamically adjusts the availability of content credentials based on the actual installation status. Credentials are made available on the data carousel only when the customer premise equipment sends a network notification indicating readiness, transforming the static pre-allocation approach into a dynamic on-demand approach that eliminates storage waste

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

2Loss of substance

If content credentials are made available on the data carousel with limited storage, then the data carousel can be used efficiently, but the customer premise equipment may not receive credentials in time if installation is delayed

Engineering Contradiction:

ImproveData carousel storage efficiencyVSAvoidCredential availability time

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of substanceVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary registration of the customer premise equipment identifier and configures the autodiscovery system in advance. When the equipment is installed and sends a network notification, the system quickly generates an autodiscovery event and makes credentials available, thus maintaining both storage efficiency and timely availability without requiring long-term pre-allocation

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The customer premise equipment itself triggers the credential availability by sending a network notification when ready for service. This self-service approach ensures credentials are made available exactly when needed, eliminating both storage waste and availability delays

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

3Loss of time

If the system monitors network communications to detect when customer premise equipment is ready, then content credentials can be provided at the optimal time, but the system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

ImproveCredential provision timing accuracyVSAvoidAutodiscovery system complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of timeVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The customer premise equipment automatically sends a network notification when it is ready to receive service, eliminating the need for complex monitoring systems. The conditional access system simply responds to this self-initiated signal by generating an autodiscovery event and making credentials available, thus achieving precise timing with minimal system complexity

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system uses a simple feedback mechanism where the customer premise equipment provides feedback through a network notification when ready. The conditional access system responds to this feedback by making credentials available, creating a straightforward feedback loop that achieves optimal timing without excessive complexity

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS9210463B2Network autodiscovery as a lever to decorrelated service activation through event driven architecture

Publication Date: 2015.12.08 ACCENTURE GLOBAL SERVICES LTD

AI summary

An autodiscovery system provides content credentials to customer premise equipment through an event-driven architecture. The autodiscovery system includes several modules for implementing the event-driven architecture, such as an autodiscovery front-end module, an autodiscovery back-end module, and a broadcast activation module. The autodiscovery system may also include a subscriber database that stores subscriber records that identify subscribers associated with a level of service, a customer premise equipment identifier, or both. The modules of the autodiscovery system may also communicate with a conditional access system that communicates the content credentials to a data carousel. When the content credentials are made available on the data carousel, the autodiscovery front-end module may notify the customer premise equipment that the content credentials are ready for retrieval from the data carousel.