Patent ID: 8886772

Claim:
A system for remote device management comprising: a plurality of auto-configuration servers (ACSs); a manageable electronic device; an auto-configuration server managing device (ACSMD) for controlling access to the ACSs communicatively coupled intermediately between the plurality of ACSs and the managed electronic device; and at least one database communicatively coupled to the ACSM and storing information for the identification of electronic devices, wherein the manageable electronic device is configured to send a request for configuration data to the ACSMD, wherein configuration data comprise data for configuring the manageable electronic device, and wherein the ACSMD is configured, responsive to receiving the request, to: identify the manageable electronic device by comparing at least a portion of the request with the information for the identification of electronic devices of the at least one database, and identify an ACS from the plurality of ACSs in accordance with the identification of the manageable electronic device to provide configuration data to the manageable electronic device, and wherein the ACSMD is further configured to relay the request to the identified ACS.