NODE HAVING FUNCTIONALITY THAT IS INOPERABLE UNLESS THE NODE IS REGISTERED TO A USER ACCOUNT AT A REMOTE SITE

摘要

Systems and methods for providing registration at a remote site that may include, for example, a monitoring module that may communicate with a remote site. A registration protocol may be used by the monitoring module and the remote site in generating the messages communicated during the registration process. The monitoring module may gather and generate various identification information to be included in the registration protocol messages. The registration information provided by the monitoring module maybe stored at the remote site in a database server having a database. A confirmation message may be communicated from the remote site to the monitoring module that may either acknowledge successful registration or report that an error occurred during the registration process.

主权项

1. A node, comprising:
processing components; communications components for outputting information that is received at a remote site or receiving information that is generated at the remote site; and software being configured to be executable by the processing components of the node, the software being configured to cause at least some functionality of the node to be inoperable unless the node has been registered at the remote site, wherein the node is registered at the remote site if registration information of the node is associated with a user account maintained by the remote site, wherein the registration information of the node includes an identifier that identifies the node, wherein the node is located remote from the remote site.