SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IN-BOX ELECTRONIC DEVICE PROVISIONING
First Claim
1. A method of configuring a plurality of processor-based systems each of which comprisesa radio-frequency receiver configured to provide identifying information in response to a first radio-frequency signal and to store data received in a subsequent, second radio-frequency signal;
- a data storage device in data communication with both the receiver and the processor; and
a medium storing instructions for causing the processor to retrieve the data received in the second radio-frequency signal from the data storage device and to configure the system based on the data;
the method comprising the steps of;
gathering a plurality of the processor-based systems into a co-located set;
sending first radio-frequency signals to the set;
receiving identifying information provided by a first processor-based system in response to a first radio-frequency signal;
matching first configuration data to the identifying information associated with the first processor-based system;
receiving identifying information provided by a second processor-based system in response to a first radio-frequency signalmatching second configuration data to the identifying information associated with the second processor-based system; and
,sending the first and second configuration data in second radio-frequency signals to the set.
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Abstract
Configurable electronic devices contain identifying information in a dual-ported memory. A plurality of un-configured units are assembled into a set. Using identifying information, a provisioning server matches each particular unit to configuration settings needed to appropriately configure that device for use by a specific end user. The configuration settings and/or data may be transmitted to the devices via their embedded RFID systems and stored in their dual-ported memory (via the first memory port). The electronic devices may comprise processor-based systems and, upon system initialization, the configuration data can be read from the memory via a second port thereof and used to configure the device for use by the user. In this way, devices may be configured as a set destined for a particular end user immediately prior to shipment and/or deployment and it is not necessary to separately track customized units prior to assembling them into a set.
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19 Claims
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1. A method of configuring a plurality of processor-based systems each of which comprises
a radio-frequency receiver configured to provide identifying information in response to a first radio-frequency signal and to store data received in a subsequent, second radio-frequency signal; -
a data storage device in data communication with both the receiver and the processor; and a medium storing instructions for causing the processor to retrieve the data received in the second radio-frequency signal from the data storage device and to configure the system based on the data; the method comprising the steps of; gathering a plurality of the processor-based systems into a co-located set; sending first radio-frequency signals to the set; receiving identifying information provided by a first processor-based system in response to a first radio-frequency signal; matching first configuration data to the identifying information associated with the first processor-based system; receiving identifying information provided by a second processor-based system in response to a first radio-frequency signal matching second configuration data to the identifying information associated with the second processor-based system; and
,sending the first and second configuration data in second radio-frequency signals to the set. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A device provisioning system for configuring a plurality of processor-based systems each of which comprises:
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a processor; a radio-frequency receiver configured to provide identifying information in response to a first radio-frequency signal and to store data received in a subsequent, second radio-frequency signal; a data storage device in data communication with both the receiver and the processor for storing the data received in the second radio frequency signal; and a medium storing instructions for causing the processor to retrieve the data received in the second radio-frequency signal from the data storage device and to configure the processor-based system based on the data; the device provisioning system comprising; a radio-frequency transceiver; a database containing configuration data for the processor-based systems; an automatic controller connected to the radio-frequency transceiver and in data communication with the database, the controller programmed to; send first radio-frequency signals from the transceiver to a co-located set comprised of a plurality of the processor-based systems; receive identifying information provided by a first processor-based system in response to a first radio-frequency signal; match first configuration data to the identifying information associated with the first processor-based system; receive identifying information provided by a second processor-based system in response to a first radio-frequency signal match second configuration data to the identifying information associated with the second processor-based system; and
,send the first and second configuration data in second radio-frequency signals to the set.
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