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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2012
Filed:
May. 07, 2007
James Blaisdell, Novato, CA (US);
James Blaisdell, Novato, CA (US);
Mocana Corporation, San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
Devices and methods for managing a communications network include using USB keys to provision and management components in the network by having the network component establish a connection to a network administrator device, such as a laptop, PDA, or desktop workstation. A first USB key is used to provision a network component so that it has the necessary security information to interact with a second USB key, used to enable actual management of the component. Once the component has the security information, the second USB key is inserted and certain callback data are made available to the component. It uses this data to make a 'call' or connection to an administrator's device. The callback data may be an IP address of the device, an e-mail address, VoIP data, instant messaging data, dial-up data, and so on. Once the connection, initiated and established by the network component, is made the administrator can begin managing the component.