Patent ID: 7710587

Claim:
A method for configuring a new device using a host computer having configuration data and a portable storage device, wherein the portable storage device is adapted to interface to the host and the new device and to transfer data therebetween, the method comprising: interfacing the portable storage device to the host computer; determining whether the portable storage device includes device specific data that identifies the new device; selecting first configuration data to be included in a configuration file, wherein the first configuration data is usable by the new device, and wherein selecting the first configuration data comprises selecting device specific configuration data if the portable storage device includes the device specific data and selecting default configuration data if the portable storage device does not include the device specific data; and storing a copy of the configuration file on the portable storage device, wherein the portable storage device includes an RF tag and the host includes an interface adapted to read an write to the RF tag, and further comprising the step of reading, by the host, the device specific data from the RF tag.