Automatic configuration of equipment software
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1. A method of configuring the operation of a piece of configurable equipment, comprising the steps of:
- interfacing the piece of configurable equipment in communication with a network, the piece of configurable equipment having at least one machine-resolvable code associated therewith and having accessible information contained therein, which machine-resolvable code has 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;
accessing the information contained in the machine resolvable code;
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 accessing the information contained in the at least one machine-resolvable code;
downloading configuration information associated with the at least one machine-resolvable code from the remote location to the piece of configurable equipment through the network connection; and
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configuring the piece of configurable equipment according to the downloaded configuration information.
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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 the operation of a piece of configurable equipment, comprising the steps of:
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interfacing the piece of configurable equipment in communication with a network, the piece of configurable equipment having at least one machine-resolvable code associated therewith and having accessible information contained therein, which machine-resolvable code has 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; accessing the information contained in the machine resolvable code; 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 accessing the information contained in the at least one machine-resolvable code; downloading configuration information associated with the at least one machine-resolvable code from the remote location to the piece of configurable equipment through the network connection; and
;configuring the piece of configurable equipment according to the downloaded configuration information. - 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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