Granted Patent B2

US 8,693,465 · App. 13/398,276 · Granted Apr 8, 2014

Abstract

Claims (51)

1. A method performed by a device adapted for communication over a network, the method comprising:

establishing a presence on the network comprising:

sending a communication to a first network node; and

receiving, from the first network node, a network address and an identity of a second network node;

obtaining default configuration information for the device from the second network node if device-specific information does not exist on the second network, the default configuration information identifying a service on the network;

obtaining the device-specific information from the second network node if the device-specific information exists on the second network node;

connecting to the service using one of the device-specific or the default configuration information obtained from the second node;

if connecting to the service using the default configuration:

receiving a request for identification information from the service;

providing the identification information to the service; and

receiving from the service device-specific information generated following receipt of the identification information.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising opening a session with the second network node.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein opening the session with the second network node comprises opening a File Transfer Protocol (FTP) session.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising requesting the device-specific information from the second network node.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein providing the identification information comprises providing a pass-code and extension.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein receiving from the service the device-specific information generated following receipt of the identification information comprises:

rebooting the device;

re-establishing a presence on the network comprising:

sending a communication to the first network node; and

receiving, from the first network node, a network address and an identity of the second network node; and

obtaining the device-specific information generated following receipt of the identification information from the second network node after receiving the identity of the second network node.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising updating the default configuration on the device with the device-specific information generated following receipt of the identification information from the second network node.

8. A system comprising:

a telephone adapted for use with voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP); and

a central server configured to execute a service that is adapted to control configuring the telephone over a network,

wherein the telephone is adapted to:

establish a presence on the network comprising the telephone being adapted to:

send a communication to a first network node; and

receive, from the first network node, a network address and an identity of a second network node;

obtain default configuration information for the device via from the second network node if device-specific information does not exist on the second network, the default configuration information identifying a service on the network;

obtain the device-specific information from the second network node if the device-specific information exists on the second network node;

connect to the service using one of the device-specific or the default configuration information obtained from the second node;

receive a request for identification information from the service if connecting to the service using the default configuration;

provide the identification information to the service if connecting to the service using the default configuration; and

receive from the service device-specific information generated following receipt of the identification information if connecting to the service using the default configuration.

9. The system of claim 8 wherein the telephone is further adapted to open a session with the second network node.

10. The system of claim 8 wherein the telephone is further adapted to request the device-specific information from the second network node.

11. The system of claim 8 wherein the telephone is further adapted to update the default configuration on the device with the device-specific information generated following receipt of the identification information from the second network node.

12. One or more non-transitory machine-readable media storing instructions that are executable to configure a communication device adapted for communication over a network, the instructions causing one or more processing devices to:

establish a presence on the network comprising instructions causing the one or more processing devices to:

send a communication to a first network node; and

receive, from the first network node, a network address and an identity of a second network node;

obtain default configuration information for the device from the second network node if device-specific information does not exist on the second network, the default configuration information identifying a service on the network;

obtain the device-specific information from the second network node if the device-specific information exists on the second network node;

connect to the service using one of the device-specific or the default configuration information obtained from the second node;

receive a request for identification information from the service if connecting to the service using the default configuration;

provide the identification information to the service if connecting to the service using the default configuration; and

receive from the service device-specific information generated following receipt of the identification information.

13. The one or more non-transitory machine-readable media of claim 12 , further comprising instructions causing the one or more processing devices to open a session with the second network node.

14. The one or more non-transitory machine-readable media of claim 12 , further comprising instructions causing the one or more processing devices to request the device-specific information from the second network node.

15. The one or more non-transitory machine-readable media of claim 12 , further comprising instructions causing the one or more processing devices to update the default configuration on the device with the device-specific information generated following receipt of the identification information from the second network node.

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