Configuring devices using context histories

A computer readable storage medium having computer executable instructions for automatically configuring electronic devices addressable via an ad-hoc network environment, said computer executable instructions comprising:

• designating a plurality of electronic devices as being trusted for entry into a network environment by using a master key to identify each device as being trusted;
• recording a context history of user interaction with each device concurrent with use of the master key for identifying each device;
• performing a statistical analysis of the recorded context histories with respect to predefined device behaviors for automatically determining probable inter-device associations;
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• automatically configuring device behaviors and inter-device interactions as a function of the evaluation of the context histories and the predefined device behaviors.

A system for identifying and configuring correlated devices in an ad-hoc distributed network environment, comprising using one or more computing devices for:

• allowing one or more identified devices to be entered into a local trust domain of a network following user identification of the devices as being trusted;
• recording a contextual history of user interaction with each device as each device is allowed into to the trust domain of the network;
• evaluating the recorded contextual histories to determine probable device associations;
• configuring inter-device associations and device behaviors as a function of both the probable device associations and predefined capabilities of the trusted devices.