US2012331182A1PendingUtilityA1

Software Settings Based on Geophysical Location

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Individually held — no corporate assignee on recordPriority: Mar 7, 2006Filed: Sep 5, 2012Published: Dec 27, 2012
Est. expiryMar 7, 2026(expired)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Donald M. Bishop
H04L 67/52G06F 8/61H04L 67/125H04W 8/245H04M 1/72457H04M 1/72406H04W 4/50G06F 9/44505G06F 8/65H04W 4/029H04W 4/02
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Abstract

A network-connected device may receive specific software configuration settings based on geophysical location information known about the device. The geophysical location information may come from a global positioning system (GPS) receiver or any other mechanism for determining a location for the device. The software settings may be stored in a volatile memory so that when the device is disconnected from a power source, it does not contain the specific settings required for the device to operate. In another embodiment, localization settings to meet regulatory requirements or other local configuration may be downloaded to the device based on the geophysical location information.

Claims

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1 . A method comprising:
 connecting a first device to a network, said first device having geophysical location information;   reading said geophysical location information about said first device with a host device;   determining a set of software settings for said first device based on said geophysical location; and   transmitting said set of software settings to said host device from said first device.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1  further comprising:
 storing said set of software settings in volatile memory. 
 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1  wherein said geophysical location comprises a jurisdictional boundary. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1  wherein said geophysical location comprises a boundary of a network franchise. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1  wherein said geophysical location comprises a campus boundary. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1  wherein said method is performed in response to a localized emergency. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1  wherein said method is performed in response to testing on said network. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1  wherein said method is performed in order to update devices on said network. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 1  wherein said first device is a fixed mounted device. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 1  wherein said first device comprises at least one wired connection. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 10  wherein said wired connection comprises a power connection. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 10  wherein said wired connection comprises a network connection. 
     
     
         13 . A method comprising:
 connecting a first device to a network, said first device having geophysical location information;   determining a set of software settings for said first device based on said geophysical location by performing a query against a database comprised in a host device; and   transmitting said set of software settings to said host device from said first device.   
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 13  wherein said first device comprises a radio transceiver. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 14  wherein said geophysical location information is obtained by a method comprising triangulation. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 14  wherein said first device comprises a Global Positioning System receiver. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 13  wherein said first device further comprises a network address. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 13  further comprising:
 storing said set of software settings in non-volatile memory. 
 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 13  further comprising:
 storing said set of software settings in volatile memory. 
 
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 13  wherein said geophysical location comprises a jurisdictional boundary.

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