Electronic device and method
OwnerRobert L. Faulk, JR., Jim Hickeyinventors
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Abstract
According to one example of the present invention, there is provided an electronic device comprising one or more configurable features. The device comprises an interface for receiving configuration data for configuring a feature of the electronic device and a data store or memory for storing feature configuration data associated with a configurable feature. The device further comprises logic for determining whether the received configuration data is compatible with configuration data stored in the data store. If the logic determines that the received configuration data is compatible the device is configured in accordance with the received configuration data.
Claims15
An electronic device comprising one or more configurable features, the device comprising:
- an interface for receiving configuration data for configuring a feature of the electronic device;
- a data store for storing feature restriction data associated with a configurable feature;
- logic for determining whether the received configuration data is compatible with stored feature restriction data, and where it is so determined, configuring the device in accordance with the received configuration data.
A method of controlling the configuration of an electronic device comprising:
- receiving device configuration data;
- determining whether the received configuration data is in conflict with feature restriction data stored on the device;
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- configuring the device in accordance with the received configuration data where it is determined that there is no conflict;
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- reporting a message to the sender of the received configuration data where it is determined that there is a conflict.
A computer readable medium having embodied thereon computer readable code which, when executed, performs a method of controlling an electronic device, the method comprising:
- receiving configuration data for configuring a feature of the electronic device, the configuration data comprising at least one of feature configuration data, feature restriction data, and feature restriction removal data;
- determining whether the received configuration data is not in conflict with feature configuration data or feature restriction data stored on the device, and
- where it is not so determined, configuring the device in accordance with the received configuration data;
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- where it is so determined, obtaining an error message stored in association with the conflicting feature restriction data and sending the obtained error message to the sender of the received configuration data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.