Patent ID: 9191544
Filing Date: 2015-11-17
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for configuring an image production device having a scanner and a configuration management unit, comprising: receiving a signal to scan a document containing one or more coded objects using the configuration management unit; scanning the object coded document using the scanner; using the configuration management unit: decoding the one or more coded objects from the scanned object coded document into feature identification data; matching the feature identification data to one or more corresponding image production device features; and enabling the one or more corresponding image production device features on the image production device, wherein the one or more coded objects are encoded such that the one or more corresponding image production device features are enabled from the scanned coded object only a predetermined number of times, and wherein the one or more coded objects are encoded with an authentication mechanism and the configuration management unit authenticates the one or more coded objects and enables the one or more corresponding image production device features on the image production device if the one or more coded objects can be authenticated, otherwise the configuration management unit does not enable the one or more corresponding image production device features on the image production device if the one or more coded objects cannot be authenticated.