System for registering and using administrative cards to enable configuration of an application and device

• US 7,946,481 B2
• Filed: 07/14/2006
• Issued: 05/24/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 07/14/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon USA, Inc. (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Mazzagatte, Craig, Dusberger, Dariusz, Matsubayashi, Don H., Piazza, Kevin F., Iwamoto, Neil Y., Slick, Royce E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Labaze; Edwyn
• Application Number:
  US11/457,748
• Publication Number:
  US 20080011826A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,775 Days
• Field of Search: 235/380, 235/492, 235/451, 235/487, 235/382
• US Class Current: 235/380
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/34 involving the use of external additional devices, e.g. dongles or smart cards
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/4411 Configuring for operating with peripheral devices; Loading of device drivers

Abstract

A method and system for registering a card that is used to enable configurations of an application and/or a device. The method and system includes initializing into an administrative card setup mode, providing information for at least one card to be registered, storing the information for the at least one card to be registered, and exiting the administrative card setup mode.

Claims

1. A method for registering at least one card enabling configuration of an application and/or a device, the method comprising:

initializing into an administrative card setup mode where at least one card is able to be registered as an administrative card that enables configuration of the one or more of the application and the device;

providing information, while in the administrative card setup mode, for the at least one card to be registered as an administrative card;

storing the information, while in the administrative card setup mode, for the at least one card to be registered as an administrative card; and

exiting the administrative card setup mode.

2. A method according to claim 1, wherein the information for the at least one card is provided using a card reader.

3. A method according to claim 1, wherein the information for the at least one card is provided by inputting a number associated with the at least one card.

4. A method according to claim 1, wherein a PIN number is associated with the at least one card for which information was provided.

5. A method according to claim 1, wherein the information for the at least one card is stored in a storage medium of a device.

6. A method according to claim 1, wherein the information for the at least one card is stored in a remote storage medium.

7. A method according to claim 1, wherein the information provided includes user identification information.

8. A system for registering at least one card used to enable application and device configurations, the system comprising:

initializing into an administrative card setup mode where the at least one card is able to be registered as an administrative card, wherein an administrative card enables application and device configurations;

providing information, while in the administrative card setup mode, for the at least one card to be registered as an administrative card;

storing the information, while in the administrative card setup mode, for the at least one card to be registered as an administrative card; and

exiting the administrative card setup mode.

9. A system according to claim 8, wherein the information for the least one card is provided by using a card reader.

10. A system according to claim 8, wherein the information for the at least one card is provided by inputting a number associated with the at least one card.

11. A system according to claim 8, wherein a PIN number is associated with the at least one card for which information was provided.

12. A system according to claim 8, where the information for the at least one card is stored in a storage medium of a device.

13. A system according to claim 8, wherein the information for the at least one card is stored in a remote storage medium.

14. A system according to claim 8, wherein the information provided includes user identification information.

15. A method for registering an administrative card for one or more of an application and a peripheral device that require the use of administrative permissions to enable configuration of the one or more of the application and the peripheral device, the method comprising:

setting one or more of an application and a peripheral device into an administrative card setup mode wherein the one or more of the application and the peripheral device is able to register a card as an administrative card, and wherein an administrative card enables configuration of the one or more of an application and a peripheral device;

receiving card information at the one or more of the application and the peripheral device while in the administrative card setup mode, wherein the card information includes information identifying the card;

saving the card information for the card to be registered as an administrative card, wherein the saved card information is accessible to the one or more of the application and the peripheral device; and

exiting the one or more of the application and the peripheral device from the administrative card setup mode.