Patent ID: 8386655

Claim:
A method for configuring a mobile appliance in a communication system, the system comprised of the mobile appliance and an assignment device, the method comprising: the assignment device determining a location of the mobile appliance; the assignment device requesting a configuration for the mobile appliance from a database, the configuration being linked to the determined location; the assignment device assigning the configuration to the mobile appliance such that the mobile appliance is assigned a communication address linked to the location of the mobile appliance, the assigned communication address being an address of the mobile and wherein the configuration linked to the location of the mobile appliance that is assigned is in a form such that another mobile appliance associated with the location of the mobile appliance has access to the mobile appliance using a descriptor allocated by the assignment device; and wherein the assignment device requesting the configuration comprises a request that the configuration also be based on a type and a functionality of the mobile appliance.