Method, system and apparatus for configuring a device for interaction with a server

A computing device comprising:

• a memory interconnected with a processor;
• the processor configured to receive an account identifier, the account identifier corresponding to a single one of a plurality of accounts maintained by an application hosted on one of a plurality of application servers;
• the processor configured to retrieve a preconfigured registration server address identifying a registration server from the memory;
• the processor further configured to send a first request including the account identifier to the registration server;
• the processor further configured to receive an application server identifier from the registration server based on a matching of the account identifier to a further account identifier paired with the application server identifier maintained by the registration server;
• the processor further configured to locate an application server based on the application server identifier;
• the processor further configured to establish communication between the computing device and the application server;
• and
• the processor further configured to send a second request including the account identifier to the application server, to access the single one of the plurality of accounts from computing device.

A registration server, comprising:

• A network interface for connecting the registration server to a computing device and a plurality of application servers;
• a memory;
• and
• a processor configured to:
• receive, via the network interface from one of the application servers, a first account identifier corresponding to a single one of a plurality of accounts maintained by a single server application hosted on the one application server;
• pair the account identifier with an application server identifier identifying the one application server;
• store the paired identifiers in a record in the memory;
• subsequent to the storing, receive a second account identifier from the computing device;
• determine whether the second account identifier matches the first account identifier;
• when the determination is affirmative, retrieve the application server identifier paired with the first account identifier in the memory;
• and
• send the application server identifier to the computing device.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having a computer-readable program code executable by a computing device to implement a method to configure the computing device for interaction with a server, the method comprising:

• receiving an account identifier at the computing device, the account identifier corresponding to a single one of a plurality of accounts maintained by an application hosted on one of a plurality of application servers;
• retrieving a preconfigured registration server address identifying a registration server from a memory of the computing device;
• sending a first request including the account identifier to the registration server;
• receiving an application server identifier, at the computing device, based on a matching of the account identifier to a further account identifier paired with the application server identifier maintained by the registration server;
• locating an application server based on the application server identifier;
• establishing communication between the computing device and the application server;
• and
• sending a second request including the account identifier to the application server for accessing the single one of the plurality of accounts from the computing device.