Patent ID: 8325625

Claim:
A system for automatically connecting devices to a network for management of data transfer between an end-user device enabled with a service provider interface (SPI) protocol and a network operations center (NOC), the system comprising: a central configuration device for connecting said NOC with said SPI enabled end-user device said central configuration device including a service provider interface (SPI) that provides a client/server communication protocol, wherein the central configuration device is capable of initiating automatic device connectivity including automatic logging on, automatic authentication and seamless, automatic device configuration and automatic data transfer between said central configuration device, at least one SPI server component of said NOC and said SPI enabled end-user device based on user defined parameters using the client/server communication protocol, and wherein said central configuration device stores configuration parameters for client-side automatic authentication, upload and download locations and other related device configurations; whereby said at least one SPI server component of the NOC includes a storage medium associated therewith that stores the data automatically transferred from said SPI-enabled end-user device and the central communication device provides instructions between said SPI-enabled end-user device and said SPI server component of the NOC to access the data.