DYNAMIC DEVICE CONFIGURATION AND DEPLOYMENT

1 . A system, comprising:

a holder having:

a plurality of bays each configured to support a respective one of a plurality of electronic devices, and

a notification assembly associated with the plurality of bays;

a computing device connected with the holder and having a processor configured to:

obtain an operator identifier,

obtain status information for each of the plurality of electronic devices,

based on the status information, select one of the plurality of electronic devices; and

send, to the holder, (i) an identifier of the selected electronic device and (ii) a configuration profile corresponding to the operator identifier;

wherein the holder is configured, in response to receipt of the identifier of the selected electronic device and the configuration profile, to:

deploy the configuration profile to the selected electronic device via a corresponding one of the bays, and

activate the notification assembly to indicate the corresponding one of the bays to the operator.

2 . The system of claim 1 , further comprising an authentication device;

wherein the processor is configured to obtain the operator identifier from the authentication device.

3 . The system of claim 2 , wherein the authentication device is integrated with the holder; and wherein the processor is configured to obtain the operator identifier via the holder.

4 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured, in order to obtain the status information for each device, to:

receive a device identifier and battery information from the holder; and

retrieve device attributes from a device repository according to the device identifier.

5 . The system of claim 4 , wherein the device attributes include an indicator of computational resources.

6 . The system of claim 4 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

obtain operational parameters according to the operator identifier; and

select the one of the plurality of electronic devices based on the status information and on the operational parameters.

7 . The system of claim 6 , wherein the operational parameters include at least one of a shift length, and a task type indicator.

8 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

receive an updated configuration profile corresponding to the operator identifier; and

replace the configuration profile with the updated configuration profile.

9 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to receive the updated configuration profile from the selected electronic device.

10 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to receive the updated configuration profile from the holder in response to return of the selected electronic device to the holder.

11 . A method, comprising:

obtaining an operator identifier at a computing device connected to a holder having a plurality of bays each configured to support a respective one of a plurality of electronic devices;

obtaining status information for each of the plurality of electronic devices;

based on the status information, selecting one of the plurality of electronic devices;

sending, to the holder, (i) an identifier of the selected electronic device and (ii) a configuration profile corresponding to the operator identifier;

at the holder, in response to receipt of the identifier of the selected electronic device and the configuration profile:

deploying the configuration profile to the selected electronic device via a corresponding one of the bays, and

activating a notification assembly to indicate the corresponding one of the bays to the operator.

12 . The method of claim 11 , wherein obtaining the operator identifier includes receiving the operator identifier from an authentication device.

13 . The method of claim 12 , wherein the authentication device is integrated with the holder; and wherein obtaining the operator identifier includes receiving the operator identifier via the holder.

14 . The method of claim 11 , wherein obtaining the status information for each device includes:

receiving a device identifier and battery information from the holder; and

retrieving device attributes from a device repository according to the device identifier.

15 . The method of claim 14 , wherein the device attributes include an indicator of computational resources.

16 . The method of claim 14 , further comprising:

obtaining operational parameters according to the operator identifier; and

selecting the one of the plurality of electronic devices based on the status information and on the operational parameters.

17 . The method of claim 16 , wherein the operational parameters include at least one of a shift length, and a task type indicator.

18 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

receiving an updated configuration profile corresponding to the operator identifier; and

replacing the configuration profile with the updated configuration profile.

19 . The method of claim 18 , further comprising receiving the updated configuration profile from the selected electronic device.

20 . The method of claim 18 , further comprising receiving the updated configuration profile from the holder in response to return of the selected electronic device to the holder.