Patent ID: 8873086
Filing Date: 2014-10-28
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A document processing device, comprising: at least one document processing component operative to perform one or more document processing operations using at least one consumable; a memory storing device ID information indicating at least one of an identity or a type of the document processing device; a communications interface operative to interface the device with a customer network; and a programmable processing element coupled with the memory, the document processing component, and the communications interface, the programmable processing element being operative in response to installation of a consumable in the device to selectively disable or restrict at least one document processing function and to generate a transaction code based at least partially on consumable ID information associated with the consumable and the device ID information, the programmable processing element being operative in response to receipt of a validation determination from an external account manager system indicating validity of the transaction code to selectively enable at least one previously disabled document processing function, where the consumable ID information includes a program participation indicator indicating whether the consumable was obtained under pre-paid account.