Automatic configuration of equipment software
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1. A method of configuring software on a piece of configurable equipment, comprising the steps of:
- providing the piece of configurable equipment in communication with a network, the piece of configurable equipment having one or more machine-resolvable codes associated therewith, which machine-resolvable codes have an association stored at an intermediate location on the network with a network address of a remote location on the network and an association stored at the remote location with software with which to configure the configurable equipment;
reading with a reader the machine resolvable codes;
connecting the piece of configurable equipment to the remote location disposed on the network, after first connecting to the intermediate location on the network to obtain the network address of the remote location, in response to and as a function of reading a select one of the one or more machine-resolvable codes with the reader;
downloading software associated with the select one of the one or more machine-resolvable codes from the remote location to the piece of configurable equipment; and
configuring the piece of configurable equipment according to the downloaded software.
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Abstract
An architecture for automatically configuring software of a piece of equipment. The piece of equipment is in communication with a network, the piece of equipment having one or more machine-resolvable codes associated therewith. The piece of equipment connects to a remote location disposed on the network in response to reading a select one of the one or more machine-resolvable codes with a reader. Software associated with the select one of the one or more machine-resolvable codes is downloaded from the remote location to the piece of equipment, and the piece of equipment is then configured according to the software.
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1. A method of configuring software on a piece of configurable equipment, comprising the steps of:
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providing the piece of configurable equipment in communication with a network, the piece of configurable equipment having one or more machine-resolvable codes associated therewith, which machine-resolvable codes have an association stored at an intermediate location on the network with a network address of a remote location on the network and an association stored at the remote location with software with which to configure the configurable equipment;
reading with a reader the machine resolvable codes;
connecting the piece of configurable equipment to the remote location disposed on the network, after first connecting to the intermediate location on the network to obtain the network address of the remote location, in response to and as a function of reading a select one of the one or more machine-resolvable codes with the reader;
downloading software associated with the select one of the one or more machine-resolvable codes from the remote location to the piece of configurable equipment; and
configuring the piece of configurable equipment according to the downloaded software. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An architecture for configuring a piece of configurable equipment, comprising:
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a network having said piece of configurable equipment interfaced thereto, said piece of configurable equipment having one or more machine-resolvable codes associated therewith, which machine-resolvable codes have an association stored at an intermediate location on the network with a network address of a remote location on the network and an association stored at the remote location with software with which to configure the configurable equipment;
a reader for reading said machine-resolvable codes;
a remote location disposed on said network which connects to said piece of configurable equipment, after first connecting to the intermediate location on the network to obtain the network address of the remote location, in response to and as a function of a select one of said one or more machine-resolvable codes being read with said reader; and
software associated with said select one of said one or more machine-resolvable codes which is downloaded from said remote location to said piece of configurable equipment;
wherein said piece of configurable equipment is configured according to said downloaded software. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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