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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2005
David W. Fuller, Iii, Austin, TX (US);
Michael L. Santori, Austin, TX (US);
Brian Sierer, Austin, TX (US);
Ganesh Ranganathan, Austin, TX (US);
John Pasquarette, Austin, TX (US);
Joseph E. Peck, Round Rock, TX (US);
Matthew Novacek, Austin, TX (US);
Hugo A. Andrade, Austin, TX (US);
Newton Petersen, Austin, TX (US);
David W. Fuller, III, Austin, TX (US);
Michael L. Santori, Austin, TX (US);
Brian Sierer, Austin, TX (US);
Ganesh Ranganathan, Austin, TX (US);
John Pasquarette, Austin, TX (US);
Joseph E. Peck, Round Rock, TX (US);
Matthew Novacek, Austin, TX (US);
Hugo A. Andrade, Austin, TX (US);
Newton Petersen, Austin, TX (US);
National Instruments Corporation, Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
A system and method for online configuration of a measurement device for a measurement system. The user accesses a server with a client computer over a network and specifies a desired measurement task. If the user lacks the hardware required to perform the task, hardware specifications and configuration software and/or data specific to the user's application, i.e., to perform the task, are sent to a manufacturer, who pre-configures the hardware with the configuration software and/or data to perform the task and sends the pre-configured hardware to the user. The hardware may be re-configurable hardware, such as a programmable hardware element or processor/memory based device. Configuration software and/or data for configuring the user's measurement system hardware (and/or software) to perform the desired task may also be sent to the user. The configuration software sent to the user may comprise a graphical program usable by the measurement system to perform the task.