Patent ID: 8176534

Claim:
A Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) device that is capable of being automatically provisioned to access digital rights management (DRM) services by a provisioning device through interaction with the provisioning device over a home network, the UPnP device comprising: a processor configured to obtain pre-provisioning information from said provisioning device, the pre-provisioning information comprising a UPnP device description document indicating availability of a key distribution center service, the device description document further comprising an Internet Protocol (IP) address of said provisioning device, send a first certificate associated with said UPnP device along with the obtained pre-provisioning information to said provisioning device to enable said provisioning device to process the first certificate and the pre-provisioning information for authenticating said UPnP device, and receive, in response to said UPnP device being authenticated by said provisioning device, a second certificate from said provisioning device to cause said UPnP device to be provisioned; and a memory device, the pre-provisioning information being stored in the memory device; wherein the UPnP device and the provisioning device are both in the home network and are in communication with one another via the home network.