System and method for providing a user-definable, removable media-based device name assigner

摘要

The disclosed system and method provide a means for creating, installing and re-installing device names and unique identifiers onto one or more handheld devices using an assignment application residing on removable media in the absence of a desktop or laptop computer. A method of installing a device name on a handheld device includes the steps of (a) automatically launching an assignment application on the handheld device from a removable media; (b) selecting a device name stored on the removable media for installation; and (c) installing the selected device name on the handheld device using the assignment application. An administrative application is used to create the device names which are stored in a name group data structure including the device names and corresponding unique numeric identifiers. The name groups conform to formats of corresponding handheld devices.