Patent ID: 7818561

Claim:
A method for configuring a computer system, comprising: configuring the computer system to receive service data from an RFID tag, wherein the service data was sent to the RFID tag from a server-side RF transmitter while the computer system was powered off, wherein the RFID tag comprises tag memory and an antenna, and wherein the RFID tag is attached to the computer system; and configuring the computer system to send updated service data to the RFID tag in response to an upgrade of a product in the computer system, wherein the updated service data may be retrieved from the RFID tag via the antenna while the computer system is powered off, wherein the configuring the computer system to send the updated service data to the RFID tag in response to the upgrade of the product in the computer system further comprises configuring a service processor in the computer system to monitor a main processor in the computer system, create the updated service data in memory of the computer system in response to the upgrade of the product in the computer system, and send the updated service data from the memory of the computer system to the RFID tag via wireless signals in response to the upgrade of the product in the computer system while the computer system is powered on.