Patent ID: 8639240
Filing Date: 2014-01-28
Classification: G05B,H04W,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A method of programming wireless devices in a manufacturing environment, comprising: sending program data to at least one wireless device though a wireless communication during a manufacturing or testing process; retrieving a before-event last known location of the at least one wireless device when an event disrupting a device process flow is over, wherein the before-event last known location is a last recorded location for the at least one wireless device before the disrupting event; comparing the before-event last known location of the at least one wireless device with an after-event location of the at least one wireless device, wherein the after-event last known location is a first record location for the at least one wireless device after the disrupting event; returning the at least one wireless device to the before-event last known location when there is a difference between the before-event last known location and the after-event location as a result of the comparing; determining whether the at least one wireless device has successfully completed the programming at the before-event last known location after returning the at least one wireless device to the before-event last known location when there is a difference between the before-event last known location and the after-event location; and programming the at least one wireless device with the program data if the at least one wireless device has not successfully completed the programming.