Patent ID: 7913308

Claim:
A system for secure remote referencing by a service provider in a service provider controlled network of an object of service (OOS) controlled within a customer controlled network comprising: in the customer controlled network: a globally unique identifier (GUID) generator module for generating a GUID for each OOS which is independent of network identifying information for the OOS, the GUID generator module operating within the customer controlled network; a memory configured for access only from within the customer controlled network, a GUID network information lookup datastore stored in the memory; and an OOS management module operating within the customer controlled network having access to the GUID network information lookup datastore and also communicatively coupled to the remote service provider, the OOS management module sending a GUID for an OOS outside the customer controlled network in response to a request from the remote service provider and for matching a GUID received from the remote service provider with its corresponding OOS based on the GUID network information lookup datastore; wherein the OOS management module is configured to send configuration data for an OOS to the remote service provider, based on the configuration data having changed; and in the service provider controlled network: a memory configured for access only by the service provider, the memory containing: a globally unique identifier (GUID) OOS lookup datastore, not configured to store OOS network identifying information, linking a GUID for each OOS which is independent of network identifying information to an identification record for the OOS; and configuration data for the OOS received from the OOS management module; and an OOS lookup module for comparing a received GUID against a GUID OOS, the OOS lookup module operating under the control of the service provider and being communicatively coupled to receive the GUID from the OOS management module.