Patent ID: 8752165

Claim:
A computer implemented method, comprising: updating, at a computer, a maximum sequence number in a configuration, the maximum sequence number updated to indicate credits for an additional number of provisioning operations authorized in the computer, wherein the maximum sequence number is updated increasingly in value to indicate the additional number of provisioning operations, each provisioning operation to generate provisioning data for provisioning a device; in response to receiving a provisioning request to provision the device with provisioning data, validating the provisioning data based on the configuration; determining, by the computer, whether enough of the credits are left for an authorization of a provisioning operation via the maximum sequence number, wherein there is lack of credit for the authorization if the additional number of provisioning operations have been performed by the computer; and performing, by the computer, the provisioning operation to provision the device if the provisioning operation is authorized based on the credits left, wherein the provisioning data for the provisioning request is validated, the provisioning operation to generate personalized provisioning data for the device, and the personalized provisioning data is used specifically to provision the device.