Patent ID: 8066183
Filing Date: 2011-11-29
Classification: B41J,G03G

Abstract:
1. A device, comprising: a connection point to receive a module, said module including an identifier, wherein said module is of a first type; a circuit to interoperate with said identifier to determine whether the device is designed to operate with said module of said first type without an unlock code; and the unlock code that is used to enable the device to operate with the module upon determining that the device is not designed to operate with said module of said first type without the unlock code, wherein the unlock code does not expire, wherein the device is designed to operate with a second module of a second type without requiring the unlock code, wherein the device is designed to prompt for the unlock code only the first time the device is operated with the module of the first type, wherein the device is drawn from a set consisting of a printer and a copier, and wherein said module of said first type can be used with a second device without requiring the unlock code to be input to said second device.