Patent ID: 8864032

Claim:
A configurable computing system, comprising: a computer device; and non-transitory computer readable memory having program instructions stored thereon that when executed by the computing device cause the system to perform operations comprising: reading a barcode or other computer readable visual indicia; utilizing the information read from the barcode or other computer readable visual indicia to determine how to configure local wireless network settings of a local wireless network interface of the configurable computing system without a user having to manually key in the wireless network settings on the configurable computing system to enable the configurable computing system interface to access the local wireless network, wherein the local wireless network settings include a local network password needed to communicate over the local wireless network; using the determined local wireless network settings of the local wireless network interface of the configurable computing system to enable the configurable computing system interface to access the local wireless network without the user having to manually key in the wireless network settings on the configurable computing system, wherein the wireless network settings are used to enable the configurable computing system to communicate over the local wireless network of the user.