Patent ID: 7978618

Claim:
A method for interacting with an imaging device, said method comprising: a. sending user-specific login data from said imaging device to a remote computing device; b. receiving, at said imaging device from said remote computing device, user-interface information for an application residing on said remote computing device, wherein said user-interface information is associated with said user-specific login data, said user-interface information is related to generating a custom user interface for said application, and said user-interface information is related to at least one user-interface customization preference selected from a group consisting of a user-interface display format, a user-interface language, a user-interface parameter, a user-interface display preference, a user-interface display component, a user-interface display-component layout, a user-interface screen, a user-interface associated with at least one function associated with said imaging device, wherein said at least one function is a most recently accessed function associated with said user-specific login data and a user-interface format; and c. displaying, on a local display panel associated with said imaging device, formatted user-interface content, wherein said formatted user-interface content is determined by said user-interface information.