Patent ID: 7370087

Claim:
In a peripheral device associated with a host computer, a method for providing access to a management interface associated with the peripheral device, comprising the steps of: receiving a non-web based activation stimulus from an activation source through an activation interface; preparing a device message in response to receiving the activation stimulus, the device message having (i) a peripheral device identifier and (ii) a resource locator that provides access to the management interface associated with the peripheral device; and transmitting the device message to a receiver, the resource locator of the device message providing access to the management interface associated with the peripheral device; wherein: preparing the device message comprises preparing the device message in response to receiving the activation stimulus, the device message having (i) a model name and media access control (MAC) address of the peripheral device, and (ii) a uniform resource locator (URL) that provides an Internet Protocol (IP) address of the management interface associated with the peripheral device; and transmitting the device message comprises broadcasting the device message as a network broadcast over a local area network (LAN) to the receiver, the uniform resource locator of the device message providing access to the management interface associated with the peripheral device.