SYSTEMS AND MEDIA FOR MANAGING ELECTRONIC ASSET TAGS FOR ASSET DEVICES
First Claim
1. A machine-accessible medium containing instructions effective, when executing in a data processing system, to cause said data processing system to perform operations comprising:
- accessing an electronic asset tag of an asset device, the electronic asset tag having contents comprising an asset number;
providing electronic asset tag authorization to the asset device, wherein providing electronic asset tag authorization comprises providing a password, a digital signature, a digital authentication, and an indication of identification; and
after providing electronic asset tag authorization, modifying the contents of the electronic asset tag of the asset device, the operations further comprising;
(i) initializing a connection with the asset device, prior to accessing the electronic asset tag;
(ii) recording the assessed electronic asset tag to a separate device;
(iii) replacing hardware in the asset device, subsequent to the recording of the assessed electronic asset tag to the separate device, wherein the replaced hardware includes at least some contents of the electronic asset tag;
(iv) providing authorization to modify the electronic asset tag, subsequent to replacing the hardware in the asset device; and
(v) reloading the electronic asset tag from the separate device.
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Abstract
Systems, methods, and media for managing electronic asset tags for asset devices are disclosed. Embodiments include a system having one or more asset devices in communication with a network where each asset device has an electronic asset tag, where the electronic asset tag has contents including an asset number associated with the asset device having the electronic asset tag. The system may also include an asset tag manager in communication with the network to access the contents of the electronic asset tags of the one or more asset devices. In a further embodiment, the asset tag manager may be adapted to modify the contents of the electronic asset tags of the one or more asset devices. In another further embodiment, the asset tag manager may be adapted to reload to an asset device the contents of the electronic asset tag of the asset device.
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10 Claims
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1. A machine-accessible medium containing instructions effective, when executing in a data processing system, to cause said data processing system to perform operations comprising:
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accessing an electronic asset tag of an asset device, the electronic asset tag having contents comprising an asset number; providing electronic asset tag authorization to the asset device, wherein providing electronic asset tag authorization comprises providing a password, a digital signature, a digital authentication, and an indication of identification; and after providing electronic asset tag authorization, modifying the contents of the electronic asset tag of the asset device, the operations further comprising; (i) initializing a connection with the asset device, prior to accessing the electronic asset tag; (ii) recording the assessed electronic asset tag to a separate device; (iii) replacing hardware in the asset device, subsequent to the recording of the assessed electronic asset tag to the separate device, wherein the replaced hardware includes at least some contents of the electronic asset tag; (iv) providing authorization to modify the electronic asset tag, subsequent to replacing the hardware in the asset device; and (v) reloading the electronic asset tag from the separate device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A system for managing asset numbers, the system comprising:
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one or more asset devices in communication with a network, the asset devices each having an electronic asset tag, the electronic asset tags having contents comprising an asset number associated with the asset device having the electronic asset tag, wherein electronic asset tag authorization is provided to the one or more asset devices, and wherein providing electronic asset tag authorization comprises providing a password, a digital signature, a digital authentication, and an indication of identification; and an asset tag manager in communication with the network, the asset tag manager being adapted to access the contents of the electronic asset tags of the one or more asset devices wherein a connection is initialized with a first asset device, prior to accessing a first electronic asset tag of the first asset device, wherein (i) the assessed first electronic asset tag is recorded to a separate device; (ii) hardware is replaced in the first asset device, subsequent to the recording of the assessed first electronic asset tag to the separate device; (iii) the replaced hardware includes at least some contents of the first electronic asset tag; (iv) authorization is provided to modify the first electronic asset tag, subsequent to replacing the hardware in the first asset device; and (v) the first electronic asset tag is reloaded to the first asset device from the separate device. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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