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Methods, systems, and apparatus for determining and automatically programming network addresses for devices operating in a network

  • US 8,271,624 B2
  • Filed: 01/20/2010
  • Issued: 09/18/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/20/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for configuring a network device including an optical sensor, the method comprising:

  • activating the optical sensor of the network device to generate data representing an image in view thereof, wherein the network device is one of a plurality of communicatively coupled nodes in a system;

    analyzing the data from the optical sensor to determine image information represented by the image, wherein the image information comprises an alphabetic and/or numeric character string, and wherein the image information indicates a physical location of the image in the system; and

    automatically assigning a network address to the network device based on the physical location of the image in view of the optical sensor by;

    extracting at least one alphabetic and/or numeric character from the character string;

    generating the network address to include a representation of the at least one alphabetic and/or numeric character using a predetermined algorithm such that the network address indicates the physical location of the image in view of the optical sensor; and

    storing the network address in a memory of the network device.

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