Patent ID: 7844766
Filing Date: 2010-11-30
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method providing location-specific computer enabled services and monitoring, having minimally invasive reconfiguration and replacement, the method comprising the steps of: providing, from a server, a first relationship of a network addressing between a location and electronic configuration information; providing, from the server, a second relationship of a uniquely identifying between the location and an electronic identifier of the location; providing, at the location, an electronic service connecting/monitoring component as a daughter card, and a hot-swappable board electronic component having a readable component providing the electronic identifier in an electronically readable format and a boot loader receiving boot info including a boot script from the server; accessing the electronic identifier from the readable component; accessing the location associated with the accessed electronic identifier according to the second relationship; accessing the electronic configuration information associated with the associated location according to the first relationship; loading the electronic configuration information associated with the location from the server onto the service connecting/monitoring component of the location; executing, in the processor, the boot script to load an operating system from the server to the processor; and executing the operating system to perform said loading the electronic configuration information from the server, thereby enabling modification of the associated electronic configuration information to reconfigure based on the location; wherein the hot-swappable board communicating a status of the hot-swappable board with the server according to business rules.