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US 2014/0156820 A1Published application
Configuration information selection based on extracted information
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorGilbert Moineau
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Abstract
A communication may be received and information related to a controlled device may be extracted from the received communication. One of a plurality of configuration information may be selected based on the extracted information. The selected configuration information may be transmitted to the controlled device for installation at the controlled device.
Claims16
A method to transmit configuration information to a controlled device in a network, the method comprising:
- receiving a dynamic name of the controlled device;
- extracting information related to the controlled device from the dynamic name of the controlled device;
- selecting one of a plurality of configuration information based on the extracted information;
- and
- transmitting the selected configuration information to the controlled device.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a memory, to store a plurality of configuration information, each of the plurality of configuration information associated with a location-based group in a network;
- a network interface to receive a communication from a controlled device, the controlled device to be installed in a network;
- an information extractor to extract information related to the controlled device from the received communication;
- and
- a configuration information selector to select one of a plurality of configuration information based on the extracted information;
- wherein the network interface is to transmit the selected configuration information to the controlled device for installation at the controlled device.
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A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium for storing instructions, executable by a processor, to:
- receive a communication;
- extract information related to a controlled device to be installed in a network from the received communication;
- select one of a plurality of configuration information based on the extracted information, each of the plurality of configurations associated with one of a plurality of groups, each of the groups associated with a location in the network;
- and
- transmit the selected configuration information to the controlled device for installation at the controlled device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.