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Apparatus and method for automatically providing information to a new computer

  • US 8,523,073 B2
  • Filed: 07/16/2012
  • Issued: 09/03/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2011
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A computer-implemented method for automatically providing information to a plurality of new computing devices, comprising:

  • in an assembly line comprising a plurality of newly-manufactured computing devices, activating a computing device on the assembly line to electronically load and execute initiation instructions stored on the activated computing device, the initiation instructions automatically activating an integrated camera associated with the activated computing device on the assembly line as a barcode scanner; and

    positioning a barcode to be viewable by the integrated camera, the barcode including device information related to the activated computing device on the assembly line,wherein, upon the integrated camera viewing the barcode, the device information is read by the integrated camera and stored on a system memory of the activated computing device on the assembly line.

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