Patent ID: 11947851
Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G

Claim 7:
8. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions which, when processed by one or more processors cause:
a configuration agent executing on a printing device to:
receive, from a configuration manager via one or more computer networks, configuration data for the printing device, wherein the configuration data specifies a plurality of settings for the printing device,
apply the plurality of settings from the configuration data to the printing device so that the printing device operates in accordance with the plurality of settings,
generate, via an algorithm that uses as inputs one or more settings from the plurality of settings specified by the configuration data, configuration identification data that uniquely corresponds to the plurality of settings specified by the configuration data, and
store the first configuration identification data that uniquely identifies the first plurality of settings specified by the configuration data in a secure portion of the one or more memories of the printing device that is separate from a portion of the one or more memories in which the configuration data is stored;
generate second configuration identification data that uniquely corresponds to a second plurality of settings; and
compare the first configuration identification data retrieved from the secure portion of the memory with the second configuration identification data to determine whether a configuration of the printing device has been changed.