Patent ID: 8719433

Claim:
A method of enrolling networked resources via an enrollment system communicating with an enrollment administration system permitting enrollment based on enrollment rules stored in an enrollment database, the method comprising: (a) enrolling a networked resource to later access the networked resource remotely, wherein enrolling the networked resource comprises: (1) receiving, by an enrollment system executing on a computing machine, an enrollment request from a console that is physically attached to the networked resource and from a user to enroll the networked resource; (2) authenticating, by the enrollment system, an identity of the user; (3) sending, by the enrollment system to an enrollment administration system executing on the computer machine, the enrollment request; (4) determining, by the enrollment administration system, if the user is permitted to enroll the networked resource based upon identifying at least one of a plurality of enrollment rules in an enrollment database; (5) determining, by the enrollment administration system, if the user sent the enrollment request from the console that is physically attached to the networked resource; (6) enrolling, by the enrollment administration system, the networked resource responsive to determining (i) if the user is permitted to enroll the networked resource and (ii) if the user sent the enrollment request from the console that is physically attached to the networked resource; (b) establishing an initial remote connection to access the networked resource, wherein establishing the initial remote connection comprises: (1) receiving, by a remote access system, an access request from the user to access the networked resource from a remote location, wherein the access request is distinct from the enrollment request; (2) verifying, by the remote access system, the identity of the user; (3) determining, by the remote access system, if network resource has been previously enrolled by the user; and (4) granting, by the remote access system, responsive to the determination, remote access to the network resource.