Patent ID: 7200647
Filing Date: 2007-04-03
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for setting a functional configurations comprising: providing a communication device configured to perform a communication data operation on communication data in accordance with a stored function configuration setting; providing a computer terminal device configured to operate in accordance with at least one of a web browser program configured for browsing material on a world wide web and a dedicated utility program configured for setting a functional configuration of said communication device; providing said web browser program configured to communicate using a predetermined protocol for browsing the world wide web; providing said dedicated utility program configured to communicate using said predetermined protocol used by said web browser program; configuring said communication device using an interfacing program to modify said stored function configuration setting based on data transferred by both said web browser and said dedicated utility program using said predetermined protocol; interconnecting said communication device with said computer terminal device via a network and transferring said data over said network; operating said computer terminal device using at least one of said web browser and said dedicated utility program to send said data and thereby effecting change of said stored function configuration setting based on receipt of said data transferred; and operating said communication device to perform said communication data operation on said communication data using said stored function configuration setting.