Patent ID: 11960591
Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 9:
10. A computer-implemented method for provisioning a first computing device, the method comprising:
receiving, through a computer system, a request to provision the first computing device, the request associated with a request identifier;
sending a request to a second computing device separate from the computer system to prepare the first computing device, wherein sending the request includes providing the request identifier and an authentication token to be stored on the provisioned first computing device;
receiving, from the second computing device, by the computer system, a unique identifier of the provisioned first computing device associated with the request identifier;
storing the request identifier, the authentication token, and the received unique identifier of the provisioned first computing device in a provisioning data structure accessible by the computer system;
receiving, by the computer system, an authentication request for the provisioned first computing device on a network, the authentication request including the unique identifier of the provisioned first computing device and the authentication token stored on the provisioned first computing device;
identifying, by the computer system, the provisioning data structure based upon the unique identifier or the authentication token from the received authentication request;
authenticating, by the computer system, the provisioned first computing device on the network based on a determination that both the unique identifier of the provisioned first computing device and the authentication token stored on the provisioned first computing device match both the authentication token and the received unique identifier of the provisioned first computing device in the provisioning data structure; and
authorizing access, to the provisioned first computing device, to a controlled resource based on the authenticating.