CONFIGURING A GENERIC COMPUTING DEVICE UTILIZING SPECIFIC COMPUTING DEVICE OPERATION INFORMATION
First Claim
1. A method for execution when a generic computing device is paired with a specific computing device token, the method comprises:
- sending, by the specific computing device token, a distributed storage network (DSN) access request to DSN memory via the generic computing device, wherein the DSN access request identifies specific computing device operation information that is stored as one or more of sets of encoded data slices in the DSN memory and wherein the specific computing device operation information was encoded using a dispersed storage error encoding function to produce the one or more of sets of encoded data slices;
receiving, by the specific computing device token, the one or more of sets of encoded data slices from the DSN memory via the generic computing device;
decoding, by the specific computing device token, the one or more of sets of encoded data slices to retrieve the specific computing device operation information; and
enabling the generic computing device to function as a specific computing device in accordance with the specific computing device operation information.
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Abstract
A method begins with the specific computing device token sending a distributed storage network (DSN) access request to DSN memory via the generic computing device. The DSN access request identifies specific computing device operation information that is stored as one or more of-sets of encoded data slices in the DSN memory. The method continues with the specific computing device token receiving the one or more of sets of encoded data slices from the DSN memory via the generic computing device and decoding the one or more of sets of encoded data slices to retrieve the specific computing device operation information. The method continues with enabling the generic computing device to function as a specific computing device in accordance with the specific computing device operation information.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for execution when a generic computing device is paired with a specific computing device token, the method comprises:
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sending, by the specific computing device token, a distributed storage network (DSN) access request to DSN memory via the generic computing device, wherein the DSN access request identifies specific computing device operation information that is stored as one or more of sets of encoded data slices in the DSN memory and wherein the specific computing device operation information was encoded using a dispersed storage error encoding function to produce the one or more of sets of encoded data slices; receiving, by the specific computing device token, the one or more of sets of encoded data slices from the DSN memory via the generic computing device; decoding, by the specific computing device token, the one or more of sets of encoded data slices to retrieve the specific computing device operation information; and enabling the generic computing device to function as a specific computing device in accordance with the specific computing device operation information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A specific computing device token comprises:
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an interface module for interfacing with a generic computing device; memory; and a processing module operably coupled to the memory and operable to, when the specific computing device token is paired with the generic computing device; send a distributed storage network (DSN) access request to DSN memory via the generic computing device, wherein the DSN access request identifies specific computing device operation information that is stored as one or more of sets of encoded data slices in the DSN memory and wherein the specific computing device operation information was encoded using a dispersed storage error encoding function to produce the one or more of sets of encoded data slices; receive the one or more of sets of encoded data slices from the DSN memory via the generic computing device; decode the one or more of sets of encoded data slices to retrieve the specific computing device operation information; and enable the generic computing device to function as a specific computing device in accordance with the specific computing device operation information. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A module for enabling a generic computing device to function as a specific computing device when the generic computing device is paired with a specific computing device token, the module comprises:
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a first module operable to receive a distributed storage network (DSN) access request to a DSN memory from the specific computing device token, wherein the DSN access request identifies specific computing device operation information that is stored as one or more of sets of encoded data slices in the DSN memory and wherein the specific computing device operation information was encoded using a dispersed storage error encoding function to produce the plurality of sets of encoded data slices; a second module operable to; send the DSN access request to the DSN memory; and receive the one or more sets of encoded data slices from the DSN memory; the first module is further operable to; send the one or more sets of encoded data slices to the specific computing device token; and receive the specific computing device operation information from the specific computing device token; a third module operable to enable the generic computing device to function as a specific computing device in accordance with the specific computing device operation information. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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