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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2010
Applicant:
Gary M. Owen, Raleigh, NC (US);
Inventor:
Gary M. Owen, Raleigh, NC (US);
Assignee:
Parata Systems, LLC, Durham, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/177 (2006.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01); G06F 19/00 (2011.01); G06Q 10/00 (2012.01); G05B 15/00 (2006.01); G11B 17/22 (2006.01); G06K 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for configuring a network device including an optical sensor includes activating the optical sensor of the network device to generate data representing an image in view thereof, and analyzing the data from the optical sensor to determine image information represented by the image. A network address is automatically assigned to the network device based on the image information represented by the image in view of the optical sensor. Related methods, systems, and apparatus are also discussed.