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Patent No.:

US 8523073 B1

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Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2013

Filed:

Jul. 16, 2012
Applicants:

Wai Hong Tam, Taipei, TW;

Tammo Spalink, Taipei, TW;

Inventors:

Wai Hong Tam, Taipei, TW;

Tammo Spalink, Taipei, TW;

Assignee:

Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/10 (2006.01); G06K 7/00 (2006.01); G06K 19/06 (2006.01); G06K 7/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A system and method is disclosed for automatically providing information to a newly-manufactured computing device. During the manufacture of a new computing device at an assembly line, a camera integrated with the computing device is automatically activated as a barcode scanner. On the camera viewing a barcode that includes device-specific configuration information, the barcode is read by the computing device to read the device-specific configuration information for storage in a non-volatile memory of the device.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Tam, Wai. (2013). Apparatus and method for automatically providing information to a new computer (U.S. Patent No. 8523073). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8523073

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