Software settings for network devices determined by geophysical location
AssigneeSandwave IP, LLC
InventorDonald M. Bishop
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Abstract
A network-connected device may receive specific software configuration settings based on geophysical location information known about the device. The geophysical location information may come from a global positioning system (GPS) receiver or any other mechanism for determining a location for the device. The software settings may be stored in a volatile memory so that when the device is disconnected from a power source, it does not contain the specific settings required for the device to operate. In another embodiment, localization settings to meet regulatory requirements or other local configuration may be downloaded to the device based on the geophysical location information.
Claims20
A host device comprising:
- a network connection configured to communicate with a first device connected to said network, said first device being a network routing device and having a volatile memory storage;
- and
- a controller configured to perform a method comprising:
- connecting to said first device over said network, said first device having geophysical location information;
- receiving said geophysical location information about said first device;
- determining a set of software settings for said first device based on said geophysical location;
- transmitting said set of software settings to said host device from said first device;
- causing said first device to store at least a portion of said software settings in said volatile memory storage such that when power is removed from said first device, said portion of said software settings are erased from said volatile memory storage;
- determining wherein said method is performed in response to a localized emergency;
- determining a boundary for said localized emergency
- determining that said first device is within said boundary;
- and
- determining at least one software setting for said first device based on said localized emergency and said boundary.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.