Digital transmitter device configuration
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1. A method of configuring an unconfigured digital transmitter device that is capable of sending message data, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving input at the unconfigured digital transmitter device of a network address at which at configuration information for the unconfigured digital transmitter device is located;
sending message data from the unconfigured digital transmitter device to the network address, the message data containing a request for the configuration information;
receiving at the unconfigured digital transmitter device the configuration information from the network address; and
processing the configuration information at the unconfigured digital transmitter device to configure digital transmitter device.
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Abstract
Message data is sent from an unconfigured digital transmitter device requesting configuration data, where the unconfigured digital transmitter device receives and interprets the requested configuration information to effect a configuration thereof.
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51 Claims
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1. A method of configuring an unconfigured digital transmitter device that is capable of sending message data, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving input at the unconfigured digital transmitter device of a network address at which at configuration information for the unconfigured digital transmitter device is located;
sending message data from the unconfigured digital transmitter device to the network address, the message data containing a request for the configuration information;
receiving at the unconfigured digital transmitter device the configuration information from the network address; and
processing the configuration information at the unconfigured digital transmitter device to configure digital transmitter device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method of configuring a digital transmitter device that is capable of sending message data, the method comprising the steps:
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receiving message data at a network resource located at a network address, the message data being received from an unconfigured digital transmitter device and including the network address and a request for configuration information for the unconfigured digital transmitter device; and
transmitting from the network address a markup language document to the unconfigured digital transmitter device, wherein the markup language document;
contains predetermined configuration information sufficient to configure the unconfigured digital transmitter device; and
is formatted in a markup language selected from the group consisting of Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML) and Extensible Markup Language (XML). - View Dependent Claims (6)
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7. A method of configuring a digital transmitter device that is capable of sending message data, the method comprising the steps:
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accepting user input through a user interface of said digital transmitter device, said user input including user provided data comprising configuration recipient address data and a representation of a configuration data for the digital transmitter device;
addressing said message data using said configuration recipient address data, said message data including the representation of the configuration data for the digital transmitter device;
sending said message data over at least one communication network to the configuration recipient address of the configuration recipient address data;
retrieving from the recipient at the configuration recipient address the configuration data for the digital transmitter device using the representation of the configuration data for the digital transmitter device address;
transmitting the configuration data for the digital transmitter device to said digital transmitter device over the at least one communication network;
processing the configuration data with the digital transmitter device to configure the digital transmitter device. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. The method as defined in claim 18, wherein the editing is performed upon configuration data for other digital transmitter devices in communication with the at least one communication network.
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19. A method comprising the steps:
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sending message data from an unconfigured digital transmitter device requesting configuration data; and
interpreting the requested configuration information with the unconfigured digital transmitter device to configure the unconfigured digital transmitter device. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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21. A computer usable medium having embodied thereon a computer program for configuring an unconfigured digital transmitter device that is capable of sending message data, the computer program comprising:
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a first code segment to receive input at the unconfigured digital transmitter device of a network address at which at configuration information for the unconfigured digital transmitter device is located;
a second code segment to send message data from the unconfigured digital transmitter device to the network address, the message data containing a request for the configuration information;
a third code segment to receive at the unconfigured digital transmitter device the configuration information from the network address; and
a fourth code segment to process the configuration information at the unconfigured digital transmitter device to configure digital transmitter device. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24)
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25. A computer usable medium having embodied thereon a computer program for configuring a digital transmitter device that is capable of sending message data, the computer program comprising:
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a first code segment to receive message data at a network resource located at a network address, the message data being received from an unconfigured digital transmitter device and including the network address and a request for configuration information for the unconfigured digital transmitter device; and
a second code segment to transmit from the network address a markup language document to the unconfigured digital transmitter device, wherein the markup language document;
contains predetermined configuration information sufficient to configure the unconfigured digital transmitter device; and
is formatted in a markup language selected from the group consisting of Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML) and Extensible Markup Language (XML). - View Dependent Claims (26)
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27. A computer usable medium having embodied thereon a computer program for configuring a digital transmitter device that is capable of sending message data, the computer program comprising:
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a first code segment to accept user input through a user interface of said digital transmitter device, said user input including user provided data comprising configuration recipient address data and a representation of a configuration data for the digital transmitter device;
a second code segment to address said message data using said configuration recipient address data, said message data including the representation of the configuration data for the digital transmitter device;
a third code segment to send said message data over at least one communication network to the configuration recipient address of the configuration recipient address data;
a fourth code segment to retrieve from the recipient at the configuration recipient address the configuration data for the digital transmitter device using the representation of the configuration data for the digital transmitter device address;
a fifth code segment to transmit the configuration data for the digital transmitter device to said digital transmitter device over the at least one communication network; and
a sixth code segment to process the configuration data with the digital transmitter device to configure the digital transmitter device. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. A computer usable medium having embodied thereon a computer program comprising:
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a first code segment to send message data from an unconfigured digital transmitter device requesting configuration data; and
a second code segment to interpret the requested configuration information with the unconfigured digital transmitter device to configure the unconfigured digital transmitter device. - View Dependent Claims (40)
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41. An apparatus capable of sending message data, the apparatus comprising:
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a scanning mechanism configurable to optically scan at least one object to form corresponding scanned object data;
an input device for receiving configuration data including configuration recipient address data and a representation of a configuration data for the digital transmitter device;
logic operatively coupled to said input device, said logic being configured to form message data with said configuration recipient address data, and wherein said message data is configured to at least be sent to said at least one address associated with said intended message data recipient;
at least one network interface operatively coupled to said logic and configurable to;
send said message data to said intended message data recipient over at least one communication network; and
receive the configuration data for the digital transmitter device from said intended message data recipient over the at least one communication network configure;
a module associated with said logic for processing the configuration data to configure the digital transmitter device. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47)
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48. A digital transmitter device comprising:
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means for transmitting message data to a network address from the digital transmitter device, wherein the digital transmitter device is in an unconfigured state thereof, and the message data includes a request for configuration information for the unconfigured digital transmitter; and
means, at the digital transmitter device in the unconfigured state, for processing the requested configuration information after receipt of same from the network address, whereby the digital transmitter device in the unconfigured state configures the unconfigured digital transmitter device into a configured state. - View Dependent Claims (49, 50)
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51. A system comprising:
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a communication network a master digital transmitter device, having a network address on the communication network, for transmitting configuration data over the communication network in response to a request;
a plurality of slave digital transmitter devices in communication with the master digital transmitter device through the communication network, each said slave digital transmitter device including;
a timer for counting a time out value to expiration;
logic configured to form message data upon said expiration, wherein said message data is addressed to the network address of the master digital transmitter device and includes a request for configuration data;
an interface to the communication network and operatively coupled to said logic and configurable to;
transmit the message data to the network address of the master digital transmitter device over the communication network; and
receive the configuration data from the master digital transmitter device over the communication network;
a module associated with said logic for processing the configuration data received from the master digital transmitter device to configure the slave digital transmitter device.
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