Patent ID: 6938079
Filing Date: 2005-08-30
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for automatically configuring a client device for communication with a service provider, the method comprising: selecting a service provider by a user on the client device, wherein the user selects the service provider from a plurality of service providers; entering user information data on the client device, wherein the user information data can be used by one of the plurality of service providers to create configuration data for the client device used to configure the client device to access the service provider; accessing the service provider by the client device and providing user information data to the service provider, wherein the client device provides the user information data in a first data structure; providing by the service provider to a translation network device the user information data in the first data structure; converting on the translation network device the user information data from the first data structure to a second data structure, wherein the service provider communicates in a second data structure; providing by the translation network device the user information data in the second data structure to the service provider; receiving at the client device configuration data from the service provider; and configuring the client device based on the configuration data.