Patent ID: 9240984
Filing Date: 2016-01-19
CPC Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method, comprising: receiving, at a provisioning service in response to a sales transaction in which a first electronic device and a second electronic device interoperable with the first electronic device are purchased, a first network signal including a hashed or encrypted value derived from a device identifier uniquely associated with the first electronic device and additional information indicating the second electronic device; storing the hashed or encrypted value in a database of the provisioning service; receiving, at the provisioning service, an entity identifier indicating an entity engaged in the sales transaction from the entity; linking the entity identifier with the hashed or encrypted value of the device identifier and the additional information in the database of the provisioning service; receiving, at the provisioning service in response to an initialization event of the electronic device by an end user, the hashed or encrypted value in a second network signal from the first electronic device that identifies the first electronic device; in response to receiving the second network signal, determining the linkage of the hashed or encrypted value to the entity in the database at the provisioning service; and in response to determining the linkage, sending, from the provisioning service to the first electronic device, a configuration that is customized to the entity engaged in the sales transaction and enabling the first electronic device and the second electronic device to interoperate.