Patent ID: 8150552

Claim:
A controller for a bathing unit system, said controller comprising: a) a memory unit storing program code implementing a set of bathing unit configurations, said set of bathing unit configurations including at least a first bathing unit configuration and a second bathing unit configuration; b) a communication interface for communicating with external devices; c) a processing unit in communication with said communication interface, said processing unit being programmed for: i) accessing an external memory medium through said communication interface to detect if configuration information is stored on the external memory medium; ii) in response to detection of configuration information stored on the external memory medium: (1) unlocking a specific bathing unit configuration from the set of bathing unit configurations implemented by the program code stored in the memory unit of the controller at least in part by processing the detected configuration information; and (2) operating the bathing unit system in accordance with the unlocked specific bathing unit configuration implemented by the program code stored in the memory unit of the controller.