Patent ID: 8095631
Filing Date: 2012-01-10
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for automated remote access, the method comprising: detecting a portable storage device connecting to a retail imaging device selected by a user; connecting the retail imaging device to a central application server via a network, the central application server being uniquely identified by a unique Uniform Resource Identifier (URI); in response to receiving a user selection via a graphical user interface at the retail imaging device, creating a user account and password at the central application server and generating remote access instructions for the retail imaging device, the remote access instructions including the unique URI, the user account and password, and configuration information record for the retail imaging device including an identification and software and hardware feature sets of the retail imaging device; writing, at the retail imaging device, the remote access instructions for the retail imaging device to the portable storage device; communicating the remote access instructions for the retail imaging device written in the portable temporary storage device to a user device; initiating the automated remote access from the user device to the retail imaging device by accessing the portable storage device for the remote access instructions, comprising: