Adaptive ownership and cloud-based configuration and control of network devices

A system comprising:

• a cloud-based configuration controller including:
• a processor;
• a configuration request receiving module executed by the processor and configured to receive a configuration request from a wireless local area network gateway, the configuration request including access information pertaining to an access made by a user to a cloud-based service, the cloud-based service being other than the cloud-based configuration controller;
• a user identity module executed by the processor and configured to determine a cloud-based identity of the user based upon the received access information;
• a pseudo-anonymous identity module executed by the processor and configured to associate the cloud-based identity of the user with an ownership identifier;
• a configuration generation module executed by the processor and configured to form one or more instructions to configure the wireless local area network gateway with the ownership identifier as an owner of the wireless local area network gateway and to configure one or more parameters of a network interface of the wireless local area network gateway;
• and
• a transmission module executed by the processor and configured to transmit the one or more instructions to the wireless local area network gateway if a first unique stream identifier associated with a request for authentication of the user matches a unique second stream identifier associated with the configuration request.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions for causing a processor to execute a method comprising:

• receiving, at a cloud-based configuration controller, a configuration request from a wireless local area network gateway, the configuration request including access information pertaining to an access made by a user to a cloud-based service, the cloud-based service being other than the cloud-based configuration controller;
• determining a cloud-based identity of the user based upon the received access information;
• associating the cloud-based identity with an ownership identifier, the ownership identifier not including information that can identify the user;
• forming one or more instructions to configure the wireless local area network gateway with the ownership identifier as an owner of the wireless local area network gateway and to configure one or more parameters of a network interface of the wireless local area network gateway;
• and
• transmitting the one or more instructions to the wireless local area network gateway if a first unique stream identifier associated with a request for authentication matches a second unique stream identifier associated with the configuration request.