Patent ID: 9203837
Filing Date: 2015-12-01
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for use with a network device and a plurality of network service providers, the network device transmitting device identifying information to a selected one of the network service providers, the method comprising: receiving, by at least one server computing device, a set of status rules from the selected network service provider; receiving, by the at least one server computing device, a request from the selected network service provider, the request comprising the device identifying information, the device identifying information uniquely identifying the network device across the plurality of network service providers; determining, by the at least one server computing device, whether the device identifying information is associated with a device registered with the at least one server computing device; when the at least one server computing device determines the device identifying information is associated with a device registered with the at least one server computing device, determining, by the at least one server computing device, a status based at least in part on status information associated with the registered device and the set of status rules received from the selected network service provider, and transmitting, by the at least one server computing device, the status to the selected network service provider, the status being associated with the registered device itself independent of which user or users are associated with the registered device; and receiving, by the at least one server computing device, at least a portion of the status information associated with the registered device from one or more of the plurality of network service providers other than the selected network service provider.