Patent ID: 8086678

Claim:
A system for controlling computer network communication devices that communicate over a computer network comprising: a computer network communication device having a non-volatile memory containing a unique device identifier; a controller operatively connected to a memory in which programmed instructions are stored within the computer network communication device, the controller being configured to execute the programmed instructions to implement a communication module that generates a data message for use with a service provided by an Internet Service Provider in response to a command entered by a user, to generate a monitor message containing the unique device identifier and data corresponding to the command entered by the user, and to parse command messages received by the computer network communication device; and a control site comprising a server operatively connected to a device database and a control database, the server being configured to compare data in the monitor message received from the communication module in the computer network communications device to control data stored in the control database in response to the monitor message received from the communication module in the computer network communications device having the unique device identifier that is also stored in the device database and to establish an administrative account for a device in response to the unique device identifier corresponding to a device identifier stored in the device database.