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US 6,865,436 B2Granted
Method and system for manufacturing and servicing a computing product with the assistance of a wireless communication subsystem attached to a peripheral port
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorsClint H. O'Connor, Damon W. Broder, Reynold L. Liao
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Abstract
A wireless access subsystem is first attached to a peripheral port of a computing product. The computing product is further assembled with other components and goes through various testing processes while being tracked and monitored by a manufacturing control server through wireless communications with the wireless access subsystem. The wireless access subsystem has a separate power supplier incorporated therein and operates independently from the computing product.
Claims20
A method of manufacturing a computing product, the method comprising:
- attaching a wireless access subsystem to the computing product;
- powering up and testing the computing product;
- suspending the computing product to a wake-up mode;
- boxing the computing product for shipment to an end user with the wireless access subsystem attached;
- moving the boxed computing product to a configuration area;
- sending a wake-up signal to the boxed computing product;
- installing software on the boxed computing product by using the attached wireless access subsystem to send software to the computing product from a host;
- customizing the computing product by using the attached wireless access subsystem to configure the software in the computing product in response to configuration information from the host;
- and
- powering down the computing product until awakened after receipt by the end user.
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A method of configuring a computing product comprising:
- receiving, by a distributor, a boxed computing product on which software is installed;
- sending a wake-up signal to the boxed computing product;
- customizing, by a distributor, the boxed computing product by using a wireless access subsystem attached to the computing product to configure the software in the computing product for an end user in response to configuration information from a host;
- and
- powering down the computer product until awakened after receipt by the end user.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.