System for configuring an environment to provide mobile computing

A method of configuring an environment to provide mobile computing, the method comprising:

• suspending a boom from a soffit of the environment, the boom including an arm moveable, at least in part, in a plane parallel to the soffit and the arm having a proximal end connected to at least one of a power cable attached to the soffit and a data cable attached to the soffit, and a distal end where at least one of the power cable and the data cable is suspended therefrom;
• locating a mobile station within the environment;
• mounting a switching hub to the located mobile station;
• connecting the switching hub to at least one of the power cable and the data cable suspended from the distal end of the arm of the boom;
• and
• connecting the switching hub to a computer to distribute at least one of power and data to the computer.

A mobile computing environment boom comprising:

• an arm moveable, at least in part, in a plane parallel to a soffit of a mobile computing environment, the arm including:
• a proximal end connectable to at least one of a power cable attached to the soffit and a data cable attached to the soffit, and
• a distal end where at least one of the power cable and the data cable is suspendable therefrom, and
• a ring suspendable from the soffit, wherein the arm is suspended from the ring and moveable relative to the ring, the arm includes a tri-part cantilevered arm connected to the ring at three suspension fixtures, the proximal end of the tri-part cantilevered arm is located in a middle of the ring and connectable to at least one of the power cable and the data cable attached to the soffit, and the distal end of the tri-part cantilevered arm protrudes beyond a circumference of the ring.

A mobile computing environment boom comprising:

• an arm moveable, at least in part, in a plane parallel to a soffit of a mobile computing environment, the arm including:
• a proximal end connectable to at least one of a power cable attached to the soffit and a data cable attached to the soffit,
• a distal end where at least one of the power cable and the data cable is suspendable therefrom, and
• a rail extending along a length of the arm configured to support at least one of the power cable and the data cable such that a suspension point of at least one of the power cable and the data cable from the arm is moveable along the length of arm.