| abstract |
A delivery tool and method for a communications network, particularly a broadband communications network, which is adapted to provide service to a user based on information available through another user connection, in order to facilitate provision. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, a user device address is obtained from a user IP address. Provisioning tools and other network tools having additional or other beneficial features are provided, the provisioning tools can communicate with a variety of other tools, including applications and scheduling and inventory agents , associated with the equipment, all of which are also provided independently, allowing the provision of a variety of new services and features related to a set of problems occurring in a communications environment, particularly in a broad environment bandaged. |