System, method, and apparatus for user-initiated provisioning of a communication device

摘要

An embodiment of a method and apparatus for provisioning of a communication device includes receiving a registration request from a first communication device. The registration request includes an address associated with the first communication device. The method further includes registering the first communication device in response to receiving the registration request, placing a call request to the first communication device, and establishing a call session with the first communication device. The method further includes prompting a user of the first communication device for a user identifier, and receiving a user identifier from the user of the first communication device. The method still further includes sending one or more configuration parameters associated with the user identifier to the first communication device. The one or more configuration parameters are operable to configure the first communication device.

主权项

1. A method for provisioning of a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephone comprising:
receiving a user identifier from a user of the VoIP telephone; sending a reboot request to the VoIP telephone, associated with the user; after the VoIP telephone, associated with the user, reboots, sending a user-specific configuration file having one or more configuration parameters, wherein the user-specific configuration file is associated with the user identifier of the user of the VoIP telephone; configuring the VoIP telephone, associated with the user, for operation with one or more authorized features for which the user is authorized to use, provided by a feature server, based on the one or more configuration parameters of the user-specific configuration file, wherein the one or more authorized features that are configured based on the one or more configuration parameters of the user-specific configuration file comprise call-related features selected from a group consisting of selective call forwarding, selective call acceptance, selective call rejection, call blocking, call directories, and 911 services.