Systems and methods for remote management of appliances

A device management system comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• memory encoding computer executable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, perform a method comprising:
• at a client device having an identification that is unique and coupled to a timer, requesting a document from a server device over a network;
• receiving a response from the server device comprising:
• a message that the document was not found, or the document;
• upon receiving the document not found message, resetting the timer indicating when the client device is to reissue the request for the document;
• and
• upon receiving the document,
• opening the document and searching the document for the client device identification in the document and,
• upon finding the client device identification in the document,
• requesting authentication information from the server device;
• receiving the authentication information from the server device;
• using the authentication information, establishing a connection with a management server and causing the management server to issue a request to a management device, the management device, in response, sending administrative instructions to the client device;
• executing the administrative instructions on the client device;
• and
• upon not finding the identification of the client device, resetting the timer indicating when the client device is to reissue the request for the document.