Patent ID: 8214880

Claim:
A system comprising: a provisioning subsystem to: incorporate, in a configuration profile, a first parameter associated with a network device, said configuration profile including one or more other parameters for provisioning said network device to access at least one service provided over a communication network, said first parameter comprising at least one of a Media Access Control (MAC) address, a manufacturer name, or a model identifier associated with said network device, encrypt said configuration profile including said first parameter, receive a request for said encrypted configuration profile from said network device, identify, from data included in said request, said encrypted configuration profile that includes said first parameter associated with said network device, and provide, via said communication network, said encrypted configuration profile to said network device, said configuration profile being loaded in said network device to provision said network device to access said at least one service provided over said communication network, where said encrypted configuration profile is provided to said network device in response to identifying said encrypted configuration profile.