Patent ID: 7237104
Filing Date: 2007-06-26
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of configuring software on a piece of configurable equipment, comprising the steps of: interfacing the piece of configurable equipment in communication with a network, the piece of configurable equipment having at least one machine-resolvable code associated therewith, which machine-resolvable codes has an association stored at an intermediate location on the network with a network address of a remote location on the network and an association stored at the remote location with software with which to configure the configurable equipment; reading with a reader the machine resolvable code; connecting the piece of configurable equipment to the remote location disposed on the network, after first connecting to the intermediate location on the network to obtain the network address of the remote location, in response to and as a function of reading the at least one machine-resolvable code with the reader; downloading software associated with the at least one machine-resolvable code from the remote location to the piece of configurable equipment; and; configuring the piece of configurable equipment according to the downloaded software.