Patent ID: 8683226

Claim:
A method for automatically provisioning a device comprising: receiving a provisioning identifier from the device at a server, the device and the server both being coupled to a network; restricting communication between the server and the device, while the device is not authenticated, to a first set of interactions to at least one of: provision the device, authenticate the device, retrieve data from the server in a limited manner, and store data on the server in a limited manner; generating a unique identifier associated with the provisioning identifier for the device; and transmitting the unique identifier to the device; notifying a user about the device as a result of the generation of the unique identifier; requesting authentication information from the user for the device; receiving authentication information about the device from the user at the server; and in response to receiving the authentication information, allowing communication between the server and the device that includes a second set of interactions, the second set of interactions including at least the first set of interactions.