System and method for automatically providing information about a new device to be integrated within a current system configuration

• US 20070067442A1
• Filed: 09/22/2005
• Published: 03/22/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 09/22/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Lippincott, Louis
• Application Number:
  US11/233,830
• Publication Number:
  US 20070067442A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/224
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/00 User-to-user messaging in packet-switching networks, transmitted according to store-and-forward or real-time protocols, e.g. e-mail

Abstract

A method and system for automatically providing information about a new device to be integrated within a current system configuration are described. The method may involve receiving a new device email notification, where the new device email notification is automatically generated at a store when a user purchases a new device. The method may involve validating the new device email notification, identifying the new device via the new device email notification and providing a new device greeting and/or information about the identified new device.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving a new device email notification, wherein the new device email notification is automatically generated at a store when a user purchases a new device;

validating the new device email notification;

identifying the new device via the new device email notification; and

providing information about the identified new device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the new device email notification includes one or more of a store identifier, a new device identifier and a password.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the new device identifier is a Universal Product Code (UPC) number.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the UPC number is used to identify the new device via a UPC database.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein validating the new device email notification comprises confirming that the store identifier and the new device identifier are valid.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein validating the new device email notification further comprises confirming that the password is valid.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising enrolling the user in an automatic email notification system.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the user is enrolled in the automatic email notification system via a host device.

9. A system comprising:

a host device; and

one or more existing devices, wherein the host device and the one or more existing devices are networked together via a current system configuration, wherein the host device receives a new device email notification, wherein the new device email notification is automatically generated at a store when a user purchases a new device, wherein the host device validates the new device email notification, wherein the host device identifies the new device via the new device email notification, and wherein the host device provides information about the identified new device.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the host device is a media center and wherein the one or more devices and the new device are consumer electronic devices.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the new device email notification includes one or more of a store identifier, a new device identifier and a password.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the new device identifier is a Universal Product Code (UPC) number.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the UPC number is used to identify the new device via a UPC database.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the host device validates the new device email notification by confirming that the store identifier and the new device identifier are valid.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the host device further validates the new device email notification by confirming that the password is valid.

16. The system of claim 9, wherein the host device enrolls the user in an automatic email notification system.

17. A machine-readable medium containing instructions which, when executed by a processing system, cause the processing system to perform a method, the method comprising:

receiving a new device email notification, wherein the new device email notification is automatically generated at a store when a user purchases a new device;

validating the new device email notification;

identifying the new device via the new device email notification; and

providing information about the identified new device.

18. The machine-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the new device email notification includes one or more of a store identifier, a new device identifier and a password.

19. The machine-readable medium of claim 18, wherein the new device identifier is a Universal Product Code (UPC) number.

20. The machine-readable medium of claim 19, wherein the UPC number is used to identify the new device via a UPC database.

21. The machine-readable medium of claim 18, wherein validating the new device email notification comprises confirming that the store identifier and the new device identifier are valid.

22. The machine-readable medium of claim 21, wherein validating the new device email notification further comprises confirming that the password is valid.

23. The machine-readable medium of claim 17, further comprising enrolling the user in an automatic email notification system.

24. The machine-readable medium of claim 23, wherein the user is enrolled in the automatic email notification system via a host device.