Patent ID: 8566898

Claim:
A method of securing information in a wireless network printing system which comprises a plurality of hosts and a wireless printer, comprising: providing a selection of wireless security levels corresponding to at least one service item; setting and storing each service item, that corresponds to a selected wireless security level, to be allowed according to a wireless security policy among services provided by the wireless printer; selecting at least one wireless security level for each service item, wherein each service item becomes an allowed service item for the selected wireless security level; and executing at least one service requested if the service requested is one of the allowed service items for the selected wireless security level, wherein the wireless security levels correspond to at least one of a plurality service items which comprise functions executable by the wireless printer; and wherein the step of setting and storing comprises classifying wireless security supported by the wireless printer into a plurality of wireless security levels, defining each service item to be limited according to the wireless security policy among functions provided by the wireless printer; and setting and storing each allowed service item for each of the plurality of wireless security levels.