Zebra Technologies Corporation
Automated Mobile Device Staging System

Abstract:

A method of staging mobile computing devices includes, at a computing device: receiving a staging request from a mobile computing device in response to insertion of the mobile computing device in a network-connected charging rack; selecting a source of staging data to fulfill the staging request; sending a source identifier of the selected source of staging data to the mobile computing device; and in response to sending the source identifier of the selected source of staging data, sending an access control command to the network-connected charging rack to lock the mobile computing device in the charging rack.