Patent ID: 9098216
Filing Date: 2015-08-04
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions, the instructions when executed by a processor causing the processor to: receive, from a network-connected printer, enablement data indicative of whether different functionalities of the printer are enabled or disabled; receive fulfillment data indicative of a fulfillment state of a condition that leads to the enablement or disablement of at least one of the different functionalities of the printer; comparing the enablement data with the fulfillment data to determine whether the enablement data is consistent with the fulfillment data; and responsive to determining that the enablement data is inconsistent with the fulfillment data, send a change instruction to the printer over a network to cause a change in the enablement state to another state that is consistent with the fulfillment data.