Patent ID: 9621740
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04N

Claim:
1. A method, comprising: providing a multifunctional printer having a plurality of network ports opened, each of said plurality of network ports being associated with a different port number; associating each port number associated with one of said plurality of network ports with a specific operation type in memory at said multifunctional printer; establishing a connection between said multifunctional printer and a client device over a peer-to-peer network; receiving an operation request at said multifunctional printer from said client device over said peer to peer network through one of said plurality of network ports; determining an operation associated with said operation request at said multifunctional printer by finding the operation type associated with the port number of said one of said plurality of network ports through which said operation request was received; and performing said operation with said multifunctional printer, wherein said multifunctional printer is configured to perform said operation in a particular manner in response to receiving said operation request over said peer to peer network, regardless of how said multifunction printer is configured to perform said operation when said operation is initiated at said multifunctional printer in ways other than receiving an operation request over said peer to peer network.