IP Library Granted Patent US 8,671,171
Granted Patent B2
US 8,671,171 · App. 13/309,230 · Granted Mar 11, 2014

Wireless configuration for a computing device

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Patent No.
US 8,671,171
App. No.
13/309,230
Granted
Mar 11, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

Wireless configuration for a computing device, the computing device including computer memory, a wireless receiver, and a device configuration management module, including: receiving, by the device configuration management module via the wireless receiver, configuration data for the computing device, wherein the computing device is packaged in original equipment manufacturer (‘OEM’) packaging; and storing, by the device configuration management module, the configuration data for the computing device in the computer memory of the computing device.

Claims (28)

1. A method of wireless configuration for a computing device,

the computing device including computer memory, a wireless receiver, and a device configuration management module, the method comprising:

receiving, by the device configuration management module via the wireless receiver,

configuration data for the computing device, wherein the computing device is packaged in original equipment manufacturer (‘OEM’) packaging and the configuration data is metadata that includes a structured document with entries and values corresponding to different operational aspects of the computing device, including a first tag within the structured document that includes a value that corresponds to a particular data communications protocol to be used by the computing device and a second tag in the structured document that includes a value that corresponds to a packet size for data communications packets to be transmitted by the computing device; and

storing, by the device configuration management module, the configuration data for the computing device in the computer memory of the computing device;

wherein the computing device is an expansion card.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the wireless receiver is an ultra high frequency (‘UHF’) antenna.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the computer memory is non-volatile random access memory (‘NVRAM’).

4. The method of claim 1 wherein receiving configuration data for the computing device further comprises receiving configuration data transmitted by a radio-frequency identification (‘RFID’) transmitter.

5. An apparatus for wireless configuration for a computing device,

the computing device including computer memory, a wireless receiver, and a device configuration management module, the apparatus configured for:

receiving, by the device configuration management module via the wireless receiver,

configuration data for the computing device, wherein the computing device is packaged in original equipment manufacturer (‘OEM’) packaging and

the configuration data is metadata that includes a structured document with entries and values corresponding to different operational aspects of the computing device, including a first tag within the structured document that includes a value that corresponds to a particular data communications protocol to be used by the computing device and a second tag in the structured document that includes a value that corresponds to a packet size for data communications packets to be transmitted by the computing device; and storing, by the device configuration management module, the configuration data for the computing device in the computer memory of the computing device;

wherein the computing device is an expansion card.

6. The apparatus of claim 5 wherein the wireless receiver is an ultra high frequency (‘UHF’) antenna.

7. The apparatus of claim 5 wherein the computer memory is non-volatile random access memory (‘NVRAM’).

8. The apparatus of claim 5 wherein transmitting the configuration data for the computing device further comprises transmitting configuration data transmitted by a radio-frequency identification (‘RFID’) transmitter.

9. A computer program product wireless configuration for a computing device,

the computing device including computer memory, a wireless receiver, and a device configuration management module, the computer program product disposed upon a computer readable medium, wherein the computer readable medium is not a signal, the computer program product comprising computer program instructions that, when executed, cause a computer to carry out the steps of:

receiving, by the device configuration management module via the wireless receiver,

configuration data for the computing device, wherein the computing device is packaged in original equipment manufacturer (‘OEM’) packaging and

the configuration data is metadata that includes a structured document with entries and values corresponding to different operational aspects of the computing device, including a first tag within the structured document that includes a value that corresponds to a particular data communications protocol to be used by the computing device and a second tag in the structured document that includes a value that corresponds to a packet size for data communications packets to be transmitted by the computing device; and storing, by the device configuration management module, the configuration data for the computing device in the computer memory of the computing device;

wherein the computing device is an expansion card.

10. The computer program product of claim 9 wherein the wireless receiver is an ultra high frequency (‘UHF’) antenna.

11. The computer program product of claim 9 wherein the computer memory is non-volatile random access memory (‘NVRAM’).

12. The computer program product of claim 9 wherein receiving configuration data for the computing device further comprises receiving configuration data transmitted by a radio-frequency identification (‘RFID’) transmitter.

13. The computer program product of claim 9 wherein the computer readable medium comprises a storage medium.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 10, 2014
From: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
To: LENOVO INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Reel/Frame 034194/0291 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 1, 2011
From: SKALSKY, NATHAN C.
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 027308/0013 →