AUTOMATIC PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE CONFIGURATION
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Abstract
A network- and/or client-side device configuration system facilitates automatic configuration of portable electronic devices. Predetermined configuration parameters for a particular portable electronic device are generated and stored. A computer-readable visual symbol such as an optical graphic code (for example, a tag, barcode, or matrix code) is generated by a network-side service and transmitted to an authorized user of the particular portable electronic device. The portable electronic device reproduces the visual symbol and transmits a message (which may or may not include the reproduced visual symbol) to the (same or different) network-side service. The network-side service authenticates the portable electronic device, and authorizes the portable electronic device to access and use the predetermined configuration parameters to automatically configure itself.
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40 Claims
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21. At a network-side device configuration service, a method for automatically configuring a portable electronic device, the method comprising:
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receiving input information identifying a portable electronic device; generating a computer-readable authorization code based at least on the input information identifying the portable electronic device, the computer-readable authorization code encoded with computer-readable data capable of being electronically stored in the portable electronic device, the computer-readable authorization code comprising a computer-readable visual symbol; transmitting the computer-readable authorization code from the network-side device configuration service to a device other than the portable electronic device; receiving a response message from the portable electronic device subsequent to the portable electronic device reproducing the computer-readable authorization code from the other device, the response message at least being based upon the computer-readable data encoded within the computer-readable authorization code; and based at least on the response message received, transmitting an authorization from the network-side device configuration service to the portable electronic device authorizing the portable electronic device to use configuration parameters to automatically configure itself for operation. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A computer-readable storage device encoded with computer-executable instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, perform a method for configuring a portable electronic device, the method comprising:
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inputting a computer-readable authorization code on a portable electronic device, wherein the computer-readable authorization code is generated by a network-side service, the computer-readable authorization code comprising a computer-readable visual symbol; transmitting a response message to the network-side service subsequent to inputting the computer-readable authorization code generated by the network-side service; receiving an authorization from the network-side service for the portable electronic device to access configuration parameters; accessing the configuration parameters; and using the configuration parameters to automatically configure the portable electronic device for operation. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. A portable electronic device, comprising:
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a computer-readable storage medium; and one or more processors responsive to the computer-readable storage medium and to a computer program stored within the computer-readable storage medium, the computer program, when loaded into the one or more processors, operable to perform a method comprising; inputting a computer-readable authorization code on the portable electronic device, wherein the computer-readable authorization code is encoded with computer-readable data capable of being electronically stored in the portable electronic device; automatically connecting an application on the portable electronic device to the network-side service; receiving an authorization from the network-side service to access configuration parameters; accessing the configuration parameters; and based at least on the configuration parameters, automatically configuring the portable electronic device for operation. - View Dependent Claims (40)
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