Patent ID: 8200868
Filing Date: 2012-06-12
Classification: G06F,H04B,H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by a computing device that communicates via Near-Field Communication with a tag associated with a peripheral device, a unique identifier of the peripheral device and a data payload usable to change a current operating state of at least one application executing at the computing device to a different operating state; querying, by the computing device, a profile associated with the unique identifier, wherein the profile comprises a definition of a configuration operation; if the computing device recognizes the unique identifier of the peripheral device, determining, by the computing device, the configuration operation for the computing device based on the unique identifier; and if the computing device does not recognize the unique identifier of the peripheral device, sending, by the computing device, a lookup request to a network resource external to the computing device for data specifying the configuration operation for the computing device based on the unique identifier of the peripheral device, wherein the configuration operation changes the current operating state of the at least one application executing at the computing device to the different operating state based at least in part on the data payload.