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Apparatus and method of configuring a device in a network

  • US 8,665,762 B2
  • Filed: 06/15/2006
  • Issued: 03/04/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/23/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of controlling a physical device in a network to operate according to predetermined functional requirements for the network stored in a data processing apparatus external to the physical device, comprising the steps of:

  • defining functional requirements for a virtual device corresponding to the physical device, wherein the predetermined functional requirements comprise the defined functional requirements for the virtual device;

    loading the functional requirements for the virtual device into a memory of the physical device;

    receiving first positional information for the physical device at the data processing apparatus;

    relating the first positional information to first functional requirements included in the predetermined functional requirements;

    transmitting, by the data processing apparatus, the first functional requirements for the physical device to the network;

    controlling the physical device by the data processing apparatus according to the first functional requirements; and

    automatically determining, by the data processing apparatus, whether updated positional information for the physical device results in any change from the first functional requirements, in response to receiving a message indicating a change in a position of the physical device, and a determination of the updated positional information for the physical device.

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