Method and apparatus for configuring configurable equipment with configuration information received from a remote location
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1. A method of configuring a piece of configurable equipment, comprising the steps of:
- providing the piece of configurable equipment in communication with a communication 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 a select one of the one or more machine-resolvable codes being read with the reader;
receiving configuration information associated with the select one of the one or more machine-resolvable codes transmitted from the remote location to the piece of configurable equipment; and
configuring the piece of configurable equipment according to the received configuration information.
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Abstract
An architecture for automatically configuring equipment. A piece of equipment connected externally to a user PC has one or more machine-resolvable codes (MRCs) associated therewith. The piece of equipment receives configuration information from a remote location disposed on the network in response to reading a select one of the one or more MRCs with a reader. Configuration information associated with the select one of the one or more MRCs is transmitted from the remote location to the piece of equipment via the user PC, and the piece of equipment is then configured according to the configuration information.
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1. A method of configuring a piece of configurable equipment, comprising the steps of:
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providing the piece of configurable equipment in communication with a communication 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 a select one of the one or more machine-resolvable codes being read with the reader;
receiving configuration information associated with the select one of the one or more machine-resolvable codes transmitted from the remote location to the piece of configurable equipment; and
configuring the piece of configurable equipment according to the received configuration information. - 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. 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 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 a select one of said one or more machine-resolvable codes being read with said reader; and
configuration information associated with said select one of said one or more machine-resolvable codes which is received from said remote location to said piece of configurable equipment;
wherein said piece of configurable equipment is configured according to said received configuration information. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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