Patent ID: 8271624
Filing Date: 2012-09-18
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A method for configuring a network device including an optical sensor, the method comprising: activating the optical sensor of the network device to generate data representing an image in view thereof, wherein the network device is one of a plurality of communicatively coupled nodes in a system; analyzing the data from the optical sensor to determine image information represented by the image, wherein the image information comprises an alphabetic and/or numeric character string, and wherein the image information indicates a physical location of the image in the system; and automatically assigning a network address to the network device based on the physical location of the image in view of the optical sensor by: extracting at least one alphabetic and/or numeric character from the character string; generating the network address to include a representation of the at least one alphabetic and/or numeric character using a predetermined algorithm such that the network address indicates the physical location of the image in view of the optical sensor; and storing the network address in a memory of the network device.