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US 2010/0302006 A1Published application
Rapid Device Customization Using a Specialized Dual-Access RFID Tag
OwnerPv Subramanianinventor
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Abstract
A system and techniques for configuring a computer device are disclosed. The system and techniques employ a specialized RFID tag and process that rapidly personalize a computing device and eliminate the need to unpack and power up the device as a prerequisite to configuration.
Claims21
A method of configuring a computer device using RFID technology comprising:
- encoding first device configuration information on an RFID tag associated with a computer device using a wireless communication capability of the tag, the first device configuration information including at least one of system level operational information and a reference to system level operational information for the computer device;
- querying the RFID tag from the computer device for the first device configuration information using a wired communication port of the tag;
- and
- configuring the computer device using the first device configuration information.
1 more element
An RFID configurable computer device comprising:
- a RFID tag associated with the computer device, the tag configured to include 1) a wireless communication capability for receiving encoded first device configuration information and 2) a wired communication port for transmitting the first device configuration information, the first device configuration information including system level operational information for the computer device;
- a configuration module configured in a memory of the computer device, the configuration module including memory storing instructions that, in response to receiving a request for access to a service, cause a processor of the device to:
- query the RFID tag for the first device configuration information using the wired communication port of the tag;
- configure the computer device using the first device configuration information.
1 more element
An RFID tag comprising:
- a wireless communication means for receiving encoded first device configuration information;
- and
- a wired communication means for transmitting the first device configuration information, the first device configuration information including system level operational information for a computer device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.