System and method for rapid deployment of a wireless device

• US 20060000910A1
• Filed: 06/30/2004
• Published: 01/05/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Symbol Technologies, LLC (Zebra Technologies Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Symbol Technologies, Inc. (Zebra Technologies Corporation)
• Inventors: Chong, Kelvin, Herrod, Allan, Bhalodia, Janak, Cowan, Paul
• Granted Patent: US 7,306,153 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 235/462.150
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/18 Negotiating wireless communication parameters

Abstract

Described is a system for configuring a wireless mobile device for operation on a wireless network including a receiving element to receive configuration information for the wireless device and a generation element to generate codes for an optically readable element, the optically readable element configured to be read by the wireless device, wherein the configuration information configures the wireless device for operation on a wireless network.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a receiving element to receive configuration information for a wireless device; and

a generation element to generate codes for an optically readable element, the optically readable element configured to be read by the wireless device, wherein the configuration information configures the wireless device for operation on a wireless network.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the optically readable element is one of a linear bar code and a two-dimensional bar code.

3. The system according to claim 1, wherein the receiving element includes a graphical user input for a user to enter the configuration information.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the configuration information includes one of device information, network settings, wireless settings, provisioning information and licensing information.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the optically readable element includes executable codes.

6. The system of claim 1, further including an output element to output the codes to a printer which prints the optically readable element.

7. The system according to claim 1, wherein the optically readable element is encrypted.

8. The system according to claim 7, wherein the encryption is one of a system password encryption and a user-supplied password encryption.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the optically readable element includes a plurality of optically readable elements and each of the plurality of optically readable elements includes information which uniquely identifies each of the plurality of optically readable elements.

10. A wireless mobile device, comprising:

an optical scanner to scan an optically readable element, the optically readable element including configuration information for the mobile device; and

an application to process the configuration information and configure the mobile device for operation on a wireless network.

11. The wireless mobile device of claim 10, wherein the optically readable element is one of a linear bar code and a two-dimensional bar code.

12. The wireless mobile device of claim 10, wherein the application transmits the configuration information to a network server to verify the configuration information is correct.

13. The wireless mobile device of claim 10, wherein the configuration of the wireless mobile device includes connecting to a provisioning server and downloading further applications to the wireless mobile device.

14. The wireless mobile device of claim 10, wherein the optical scanner includes one of a barcode reader, a camera and an optical character recognition element.

15. A method, comprising the steps of:

receiving configuration information for a wireless mobile device;

generating codes for an optically readable element, the optically readable element configured to be read by the wireless device, wherein the configuration information configures the wireless device for operation on a wireless network.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising the step of:

encrypting the optically readable element.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the optically readable element includes provisioning information.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the provisioning information includes an identification of a network device from which the wireless device receives a provisioning package.

19. The method of claim 15, further comprising the step of:

encrypting the optically readable element.

20. The method of claim 15, further comprising the step of:

displaying the optically readable element to a user.

21. A method, comprising the steps of:

scanning an optically readable element with a wireless mobile device; and

configuring the wireless mobile device for operation on a wireless network using configuration information stored in the optically readable element.

22. The method of claim 21, further comprising the step of:

verifying the optically readable element is valid before configuring the wireless mobile device.

23. The method of claim 21, wherein the optically readable element is a plurality of optically readable elements, the method further comprising the step of:

aggregating the configuration information from the plurality of optically readable elements.

24. The method of claim 21, further comprising the step of:

decrypting the optically readable element.

25. The method of claim 21, further comprising the step of:

rolling back the wireless mobile device to previous configuration settings when the configuration using the configuration information in the optically readable element is unsuccessful.