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Managing configurations of distributed devices

  • US 9,712,385 B2
  • Filed: 04/06/2016
  • Issued: 07/18/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/26/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. In a system for communicating information between a device and an enterprise, a method for managing a configuration of the device, the method comprising:

  • building a defined configuration for a device type, the defined configuration including a set of value requirements;

    comparing an actual configuration of the device to the defined configuration, the actual configuration and the defined configuration being stored in a database of the enterprise, the actual configuration having values associated with the device;

    determining, in the enterprise, a change in state of the device based on whether the values of the actual configuration match corresponding value requirements of the defined configuration;

    running business logic associated with the device based on a type of the change in state; and

    storing the actual configuration that matches the defined configuration, for subsequent use.

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