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Method and system for permitting limited use of an imaging device

US7025260B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateApr 28, 2005
Grant dateApr 11, 2006
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Expiry dateApr 28, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06Q10/10
  • WIPO fieldIT methods for management
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for permitting the limited use of a multifunction imaging device includes the multifunction imaging device scanning indicia printed on a media. The method also includes converting the indicia to at least one function identifier and a corresponding instruction associated with the at least one function wherein, the instruction informs the imaging device of the limitations in the use of the at least one function.

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