Patent ID: 7200650

Claim:
A device avatar system for providing at least one electronic service for a first physical electronic device associated with a first device avatar using at least one channel of electronic communication, the system comprising: an avatar hosting infrastructure, having disposed therein at least the first device avatar, for providing an encapsulated autonomous system for facilitating communication between the first device avatar and the first physical electronic device; the first device avatar, coupled to receive at least communications from a first controller, for providing the at least one electronic service to the first physical electronic device; the first controller, coupled to the first device avatar, for an owner of the associated physical electronic device to implement the at least one electronic service for the first physical electronic device, wherein the first controller accesses, by way of the device avatar, from a controller key storage, an owner key and uses a challenge generator to generate a challenge of the owner; and the first physical electronic device, coupled to the first device avatar, for operating in a predetermined fashion in accordance with the at least one electronic service.