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Configuring an Electronic Device Based on a Transaction

  • US 20160117747A1
  • Filed: 01/07/2016
  • Published: 04/28/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/25/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus comprising:

  • a data storage medium configured during manufacture to store at least a device identifier that distinguishes the apparatus from other apparatuses of the same type;

    a processor configured to cause the apparatus to;

    determine an initialization event;

    in response to the initialization event, send a network signal to a provisioning service, wherein the network signal communicates at least the identifier;

    receive a device configuration in response to the network signal, wherein the device configuration is specific to an entity in a supply chain through which the device traveled, and wherein the device identifier is linked to the entity via the provisioning service in response to a transaction occurring in the supply chain; and

    apply the configuration to the apparatus.

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