Extending the foreign device interface for MFDS using SNMP or other network protocols
US7911633B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 28, 2005 |
| Grant date | Mar 22, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 29, 2028 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N2201/0094
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Employing an extended network interface and system architecture comprising operatively connecting a Foreign Device Interface (FDI) device and Multi-Function Device (MFD) via a network-based communication mechanism, configuring the FDI device as either a vend card device and/or accounting device, monitoring job-level accounting information or additional resource usage information from the MFD, synthesizing multiple information sources from at least one function performed by the MFD, and extending the functionality of said network interface and system architecture.
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