System and method for selectively provisioning telecommunications services between an access point and a telecommunications network using a subscriber identifier

摘要

A method and system for reducing network load by selectively provisioning services between an access point and a carrier network is disclosed. The access point supports telecommunications services over an IP network. The access point includes a network connection and a telephone connector capable of connecting to a standard landline telephone. The access point also includes at least one detection component that detects whether a landline telephone is plugged in to the telephone connector. The access point is configured to provision a telecommunications services through the IP network when it detects that an identification module is present.

主权项

1. A method for provisioning voice communications between an access point and a telecommunications network, the method comprising:
receiving a registration signal from the access point, wherein the registration signal includes a subscriber identifier received from a user-provided memory device that stores the subscriber identifier in tamper-resistant memory; comparing the subscriber identifier to a range of values,
wherein the range of values designates a set of subscriber identifiers authorized to receive selected telecommunications services,wherein the selected telecommunications services are only available to access points and are not available to subscriber identifiers associated with mobile devices, andwherein the selected telecommunications services are not available to subscribers outside the range of values; determining a street address associated with the access point by finding the street address associated with the subscriber identifier; and selectively provisioning telecommunications services between the access point and the telecommunications network, based at least in part on the comparison and on whether the associated street address was determined for the access point.