Hi Chase,
Patching is a mechanism to fix and add features in ROM code.
The patches are written to the EEPROM and it should be done only once for each patches version.
The way to burn the patches to your EEPROM is by using the patch programmer utility.
You can download the patch programmer utility for Launchpad from here:
http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/CC3000_Wi-Fi_Downloads#CC3000.2BMSP430G2_Launchpad
Please read the patch programmer utility wiki page:
http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/CC3000_Patch_Programmer
In order to perform the Smart Config, you need to burn latest patches version.
Yael