Methods and systems for peripheral accounting

• US 20060198653A1
• Filed: 03/04/2005
• Published: 09/07/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 03/04/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Sharp Laboratories of America Incorporated (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Kethi Reddy, Amarender Reddy, Lovat, David J., Yamamura, Shinichi, Zhang, Hanzhong, Plewnia, Boguslaw Ludwik, Stevens, Mark Liu, Nguyen, Uoc, Richardson, Tanna, Chrisop, Roy K., Lum, Joey
• Granted Patent: US 8,428,484 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 399/79
• CPC Class Codes: G03G 15/5091 for user-identification or authorisation
• CPC Class Codes: G03G 21/02 Counting the number of copies; Billing
• CPC Class Codes: G03G 2215/00109 Remote control of apparatus, e.g. by a host

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention comprise systems, methods and devices for providing external accounting functions for a peripheral device.

Claims

1. A method for peripheral device accounting, said method comprising:

a) providing a user identification (ID) menu to a peripheral device from a remote computing device (RCD);

b) displaying said user ID menu at said peripheral device;

c) accepting a user ID code at said peripheral device;

d) transmitting said user ID code from said peripheral device to said RCD;

e) using said user ID code to validate a user with said RCD;

f) providing a device function menu and enabling functional parameter input at said peripheral device when said user ID code is validated;

g) accepting a peripheral job configuration defined by said functional parameter input at said peripheral device;

h) transmitting said job configuration from said peripheral device to said RCD;

i) checking a user account to verify a user account status at said RCD;

j) enabling said peripheral device to execute said job configuration when said user account status is positive;

k) executing said job configuration at said peripheral device; and

l) reporting a job execution status to said RCD.

2. A method as described in claim 1 wherein said validation of a user with said RCD comprises authentication of said user with a security system remote to said RCD.

3. A method for peripheral device accounting, said method comprising:

a) providing a user identification (ID) menu to a peripheral device from a remote computing device (RCD);

b) displaying said user ID menu at said peripheral device;

c) accepting a user ID code at said peripheral device;

d) transmitting said user ID code from said peripheral device to said RCD;

e) using said user ID code to validate a user with said RCD;

f) providing a device function menu and enabling functional parameter input at said peripheral device when said user ID code is validated;

g) accepting a peripheral job configuration defined by said functional parameter input at said peripheral device;

h) transmitting said job configuration from said peripheral device to a second RCD (RCD2);

i) transmitting a job ID request from said RCD2 to said peripheral device;

j)

k) checking a user account to verify a user account status at said RCD;

l) enabling said peripheral device to execute said job configuration when said user account status is positive;

m) executing said job configuration at said peripheral device; and

n) reporting a job execution status to said RCD.