Patent ID: 9037686
Filing Date: 2015-05-19
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A portable device for discovery of resources and for network configuration selection, comprising: an identifier configured to input an identifier code of a discoverable non-connected resource discovered by the portable device into the portable device, the resource being a networkable hardware device, and to identify a type of the resource from the identifier code, a communication module configured to send the type of the resource from the portable device to a provisioning server and to receive therefrom configuration information including one or more prospective configurations for the resource, wherein the one or more prospective configurations each include real-time load information; a screen of the portable device displaying the one or more prospective configurations including recommendations for connections between the resource and other equipment; an input device of the portable device accepting a user input and selecting by a user a desired configuration, including a desired location, from the one or more prospective configurations; and an integrated navigational device, wherein the screen is configured to display a current position of the portable device according to navigational information provided by the navigational device; the communication module is configured to report the current position to the provisioning server; and the screen is configured to display a distance and a direction from the current position to the desired location according to the navigational information provided by the navigational device and according to the configuration information provided by the provisioning server.