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Method, system and apparatus for configuring a device for interaction with a server

  • US 9,178,947 B2
  • Filed: 06/10/2010
  • Issued: 11/03/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/03/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for configuring a computing device for interaction with a server, the method comprising:

  • receiving an account identifier at the computing device, the account identifier corresponding to a single one of a plurality of accounts maintained by an application hosted on one of a plurality of application servers;

    retrieving a preconfigured registration server address identifying a registration server from a memory of the computing device;

    sending a first request including the account identifier to the registration server;

    receiving an application server identifier based on a matching of the account identifier to a further account identifier paired with the application server identifier maintained by the registration server;

    locating an application server based on the application server identifier;

    establishing communication between the computing device and the application server; and

    sending a second request, including the account identifier to the application server, for accessing the single one of the plurality of accounts from the computing device.

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