US Patent 11323317 Software capabilities management from a service provider environment

A technology is described for managing network communication device software capabilities. An example method may include sending a connection request from a network communication device electronically to a service provider environment. Software capabilities for the network communication device may be verified from the service provider environment. A software capabilities modification instruction for the network communication device may be received from the service provider environment. The software capabilities of the network communication device may be modified based on the software capabilities modification instruction.