Patent ID: 6370141
Filing Date: 2002-04-09
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
A method for configuring a configurable network appliance having local non-volatile memory for storing configuration information, said method comprising:establishing a telecommunications session between the network appliance and a network server; writing information regarding said configurable network appliance within a first set of one or more special tags within a web page using said network appliance; uploading said web page to the network server; accessing said web page stored on the network server with the network appliance, the web page having stored information for configuration of a parameter of the network appliance contained within a second set of one or more special tags; receiving said stored information with the network appliance; parsing the at least a portion of the stored information to determine an action and identify configuration information to accompany the action; configuring the network appliance by writing configuration information derived from the stored information into a local non-volatile configuration memory of the network appliance in accordance with said action.