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Customized electronic product configuration

  • US 9,912,781 B2
  • Filed: 09/29/2015
  • Issued: 03/06/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method of configuring an electronic product, the method comprising:

  • receiving, at a provider server device in electronic communication over a network with the electronic product, from a mobile device having a first wireless communication link with the network, an electronic signal representing an identification (ID) code corresponding to a configuration of the electronic product, the mobile device having generated the electronic signal in response to reading a machine-readable ID tag attached to a hardware unit of the electronic product, the machine-readable ID tag containing the ID code;

    sending, in response to receiving the electronic signal, from the provider server device to the mobile device, a set of product configuration instructions corresponding to a set of configuration operations, that are executed on the mobile device and establish the configuration of the electronic product;

    sending, in response to receiving the electronic signal, from the provider server device to the mobile device, a product configuration application that is executed, in response to user input, on the mobile device, and connects, through a second wireless communication link, the mobile device to the electronic product and provides for an execution of at least a portion of the set of configuration operations;

    monitoring, with the provider server device in electronic communication with the electronic product, a completion status of the at least a portion of the set of configuration operations; and

    sending, in response to the monitoring, from the provider server device to the mobile device, information regarding a pending operation of the at least a portion of the set of configuration operations.

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