System and method for in-box electronic device provisioning
First Claim
1. A method of configuring a plurality of processor-based systems, each of which comprises:
- a processor;
a tag, which comprises;
a radio-frequency receiver configured to provide identity information in response to an identity request radio-frequency signal and to store system configuration data received in a subsequent, system configuration data write radio-frequency signal; and
a data storage device in data communication with both the receiver and the processor and for storing system configuration data received in system configuration data write radio-frequency signals, wherein the system configuration data is data for configuring portions of the processor-based system other than the tag; and
a medium storing instructions for causing the processor to retrieve the system configuration data received in the system configuration data write radio-frequency signal from the data storage device and to configure the operating characteristics of the processor-based system based on the system configuration data;
the method comprising the steps of;
gathering a plurality of the processor-based systems into a co-located set;
sending identity request radio-frequency signals to the set;
receiving identity information provided by a first processor-based system in response to an identity request radio-frequency signal;
matching first system configuration data to the identity information associated with the first processor-based system;
receiving identity information provided by a second processor-based system in response to an identity request radio-frequency signal;
matching second system configuration data to the identity information associated with the second processor-based system; and
sending the first and second system configuration data in individual system configuration data write radio-frequency signals identifying the first or second processor-based system to the set.
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Abstract
Configurable electronic devices contain identifying information in a dual-ported memory. A plurality of un-configured units are assembled into a set. Using identifying information, a provisioning server matches each particular unit to configuration settings needed to appropriately configure that device for use by a specific end user. The configuration settings and/or data may be transmitted to the devices via their embedded RFID systems and stored in their dual-ported memory (via the first memory port). The electronic devices may comprise processor-based systems and, upon system initialization, the configuration data can be read from the memory via a second port thereof and used to configure the device for use by the user. In this way, devices may be configured as a set destined for a particular end user immediately prior to shipment and/or deployment and it is not necessary to separately track customized units prior to assembling them into a set.
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19 Claims
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1. A method of configuring a plurality of processor-based systems, each of which comprises:
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a processor; a tag, which comprises; a radio-frequency receiver configured to provide identity information in response to an identity request radio-frequency signal and to store system configuration data received in a subsequent, system configuration data write radio-frequency signal; and a data storage device in data communication with both the receiver and the processor and for storing system configuration data received in system configuration data write radio-frequency signals, wherein the system configuration data is data for configuring portions of the processor-based system other than the tag; and a medium storing instructions for causing the processor to retrieve the system configuration data received in the system configuration data write radio-frequency signal from the data storage device and to configure the operating characteristics of the processor-based system based on the system configuration data; the method comprising the steps of; gathering a plurality of the processor-based systems into a co-located set; sending identity request radio-frequency signals to the set; receiving identity information provided by a first processor-based system in response to an identity request radio-frequency signal; matching first system configuration data to the identity information associated with the first processor-based system; receiving identity information provided by a second processor-based system in response to an identity request radio-frequency signal; matching second system configuration data to the identity information associated with the second processor-based system; and sending the first and second system configuration data in individual system configuration data write radio-frequency signals identifying the first or second processor-based system to the set. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A device provisioning system for configuring a plurality of processor-based systems each of which comprises:
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a processor; a tag, which comprises; a radio-frequency receiver configured to provide identity information in response to an identity request radio-frequency signal and to store system configuration data received in a subsequent, system configuration data write radio-frequency signal; a data storage device in data communication with both the receiver and the processor for storing the system configuration data received in the system configuration data write radio frequency signal and for storing system configuration data received in system configuration data write radio-frequency signals, wherein the system configuration data is data for configuring portions of the processor-based system other than the tag; and a medium storing instructions for causing the processor to retrieve the system configuration data received in the system configuration data write radio-frequency signal from the data storage device and to configure the operating characteristics of the processor-based system based on the system configuration data; the device provisioning system comprising; a radio-frequency transceiver; a database containing system configuration data for the processor-based systems; an automatic controller connected to the radio-frequency transceiver and in data communication with the database, the controller programmed to; send identity request radio-frequency signals from the transceiver to a co-located set comprised of a plurality of the processor-based systems; receive identity information provided by a first processor-based system in response to an identity request radio-frequency signal; match first system configuration data to the identity information associated with the first processor-based system; receive identity information provided by a second processor-based system in response to an identity request radio-frequency signal; match second system configuration data to the identity information associated with the second processor-based system; and send the first and second configuration data in individual system configuration data write radio-frequency signals identifying the first or second processor-based system to the set.
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