Method and arrangement for position-dependent configuration of a mobile appliance
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1. A method for configuring a mobile appliance in a communication system, the system comprised of the mobile appliance and an assignment device, the method comprising:
- the assignment device determining a location of the mobile appliance;
the assignment device requesting a configuration for the mobile appliance from a database, the configuration being linked to the determined location;
the assignment device assigning the configuration to the mobile appliance such that the mobile appliance is assigned a communication address linked to the location of the mobile appliance, the assigned communication address being an address of the mobile andwherein the configuration linked to the location of the mobile appliance that is assigned is in a form such that another mobile appliance associated with the location of the mobile appliance has access to the mobile appliance using a descriptor allocated by the assignment device; and
wherein the assignment device requesting the configuration comprises a request that the configuration also be based on a type and a functionality of the mobile appliance.
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Abstract
A method and an arrangement for configuration of a mobile appliance in a communication arrangement, with a communication address that is linked to its location in each case being assigned to the mobile appliance are provided. For this purpose, the location of the mobile appliance is determined in a first step, a configuration which is linked to the determined location is checked in a second step from a database, and this determined configuration is assigned to the mobile appliance in a third step.
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1. A method for configuring a mobile appliance in a communication system, the system comprised of the mobile appliance and an assignment device, the method comprising:
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the assignment device determining a location of the mobile appliance; the assignment device requesting a configuration for the mobile appliance from a database, the configuration being linked to the determined location; the assignment device assigning the configuration to the mobile appliance such that the mobile appliance is assigned a communication address linked to the location of the mobile appliance, the assigned communication address being an address of the mobile and wherein the configuration linked to the location of the mobile appliance that is assigned is in a form such that another mobile appliance associated with the location of the mobile appliance has access to the mobile appliance using a descriptor allocated by the assignment device; and wherein the assignment device requesting the configuration comprises a request that the configuration also be based on a type and a functionality of the mobile appliance. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A communication system for configuring a mobile appliance, comprising:
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a detection device configured to detect a location of the mobile appliance; a database having a plurality of configurations for mobile appliances, each configuration comprised of a communication address linked to a respective location, each communication address being a communication address of a mobile appliance to which that address is assigned; an assignment device configured to receive data from the detection device that identifies the location of the mobile appliance from the detection device and to retrieve at least one of the configurations linked to the location of the mobile appliance from the database and to assign the retrieved at least one configuration to the mobile appliance; and wherein the retrieved at least one configuration assigned to the mobile appliance is in a form such that another mobile appliance associated with the location of the mobile appliance has access to the mobile appliance using a descriptor allocated by the assignment device; and wherein the assignment device retrieving the at least one configuration comprises sending a request that the configuration to be retrieved also be based on a type and a functionality of the mobile appliance. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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