Patent ID: 8352568

Claim:
A system comprising: a physiological device configured to collect and monitor physiological data associated with a patient; a workstation in electronic communication with the physiological device, said workstation configured to automatically transmit a request for one or more configuration files associated with an application executing on the workstation; and a network entity in electronic communication with the workstation, said network entity comprising a memory and a processor configured to: receive, from a computing device, an indication of a plurality of configuration groups that are each assigned to comprise one or more of a plurality of received configuration files; receive, from the computing device, an indication of a plurality of workstations that are each assigned to one of the plurality of configuration groups; generate a mapping of respective configuration files of the plurality of received configuration files and respective workstations of the plurality of workstations to a corresponding configuration group of the plurality of configuration groups based on the indications received; receive the request; determine that the workstation is assigned to one of the plurality of configuration groups by accessing the mapping; retrieve at least one of the plurality of configuration files associated with the configuration group to which the workstation is assigned, in response to the request; and transmit the at least one retrieved configuration file to the workstation.