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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2007
Juanya Davon Williams, Bothell, WA (US);
Ashutosh Badwe, Redmond, WA (US);
Adam Patrick Edwards, Seattle, WA (US);
Juanya Davon Williams, Bothell, WA (US);
Ashutosh Badwe, Redmond, WA (US);
Adam Patrick Edwards, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Associating a computing device with a group of other computing devices. A service receives a common credential from the computing device and associates the computing device with the other computing devices also associated with the common credential. The service generates a machine-specific credential for use by the computing device in subsequent communications with the service. The machine-specific credential is used to authenticate, identify, and group the computing device with the other computing devices in the subsequent communications.