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Configuring an electronic device based on a transaction

  • US 9,240,984 B2
  • Filed: 07/25/2011
  • Issued: 01/19/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/25/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, comprising:

  • receiving, at a provisioning service in response to a sales transaction in which a first electronic device and a second electronic device interoperable with the first electronic device are purchased, a first network signal including a hashed or encrypted value derived from a device identifier uniquely associated with the first electronic device and additional information indicating the second electronic device;

    storing the hashed or encrypted value in a database of the provisioning service;

    receiving, at the provisioning service, an entity identifier indicating an entity engaged in the sales transaction from the entity;

    linking the entity identifier with the hashed or encrypted value of the device identifier and the additional information in the database of the provisioning service;

    receiving, at the provisioning service in response to an initialization event of the electronic device by an end user, the hashed or encrypted value in a second network signal from the first electronic device that identifies the first electronic device;

    in response to receiving the second network signal, determining the linkage of the hashed or encrypted value to the entity in the database at the provisioning service; and

    in response to determining the linkage, sending, from the provisioning service to the first electronic device, a configuration that is customized to the entity engaged in the sales transaction and enabling the first electronic device and the second electronic device to interoperate.

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