Method and system for configuring instrumentation devices

摘要

A method and system for managing an instrumentation device include accessing an image of the instrumentation device. Based on the image, an identity for the instrumentation device is determined. The identity is used to register the instrumentation device by configuring a gateway at a multimedia content distribution network client location to access and communicate with the instrumentation device. The identity of the instrumentation device and the gateway may be stored for future configuration of the gateway.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
receiving, at a registration server, an image of an instrumentation device, the image originating from a network address; associating the network address with a gateway address of a residential gateway that interfaces a residential network to an access network; recognizing an identity pattern in the image of the instrumentation device; associating the identity pattern to an identity of the instrumentation device; querying a configuration database for the identity of the instrumentation device, the configuration database storing different configuration parameters for different identities of different devices; retrieving the configuration parameters from the configuration database that are associated with the identity of the instrumentation device; storing the configuration parameters in a registration database, the registration database associating the configuration parameters to the gateway address associated with the residential gateway; and sending the configuration parameters from the registration server to the gateway address associated with the residential gateway.