Patent ID: 8479262

Claim:
A method of managing electronic devices using an electronic device as a root of trust, the method comprising: receiving 220 registration information for an electronic device 150 , wherein the registration information identifies the electronic device 150 and an environment 130 that the electronic device 150 is trusted in; specifying 230 the electronic device 150 as a root of trust device 150 for the trusted environment 130 based on the registration information; specifying 240 the root of trust device 150 as the root of trust for a new electronic device 170 based on new information that identifies the root of trust device 150 and identifies the new electronic device 170 ; and managing 250 the new electronic device 170 using the root of trust device 150 without requiring the user of the root of trust device 150 and the new electronic device 170 to configure any electronic devices.