Patent ID: 8130769

Claim:
A method performed by a device adapted for communication over a network, the method comprising: establishing a presence on the network by: sending a communication to a first network node; and receiving, from the first network node, a network address and an identity of a second network node from which to obtain first device-specific information; obtaining default configuration information for the device via the network, the default configuration information for connecting to a service on the network; wherein obtaining the default configuration information comprises checking the second network node for the first device-specific information; and wherein, if the second network node does not contain the first device-specific information, the default configuration information is obtained from the second network node; connecting to the service using the default configuration information; receiving a request for identification information from the service; providing the identification information to the service, the service providing the first device-specific information following receipt of the identification information; configuring the device using the first device-specific information; requesting second device-specification information from the service while connected to the network; receiving the second device-specific information from the service if the service has the second device-specific information; and reconfiguring the device using the second device-specific information; wherein the first device-specific information and the second device-specific information are associated with a same user of the device.