Patent ID: 8712567
Filing Date: 2014-04-29
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A station for verifying configuration of software installed on manufactured products with two or more parts, the station comprising: a data retrieval component operative to retrieve, from one part of the two or more parts manufactured during a manufacturing process, an actual software configuration revision of a first software installed on the one part, the retrieving the actual software configuration revision occurring during the manufacturing process or occurring after the manufacturing process but before shipping a manufactured product; a data access component operative to obtain from a server a desired software configuration revision of the first software installed on the one part, the data access component having substantially instant access to the desired software configuration revision once the desired software configuration revision is written to the server; and a configuration verification component operative to compare the actual software configuration revision retrieved from the one part with the desired software configuration revision obtained from the server, and to generate an output based on the comparison, wherein the output indicates whether the actual software configuration revision should be accepted for the one part, wherein the configuration verification component is operative to guide an operator to reconfigure the one part using the desired software configuration revision when the desired software configuration revision should be accepted for the one part, and wherein guiding the operator to reconfigure the one part includes providing the operator with a visual or voice prompt configured to guide the operator in a process of installing the desired software configuration revision on the one part.