Patent ID: 8745176

Claim:
A method of setting device configurations, the method comprising: determining whether power is supplied to the device, and requesting a server for address information to be used by a device and cloning information for setting configurations for the device from the server when it is determined that the power is supplied; receiving broadcast information from the server, including: receiving assignment instructions that are broadcast from the server for the address information for the device; and receiving the address information assigned to the device according to the received assignment instructions and setting the address information in the device; transmitting the set address information to the server; and receiving the cloning information from the server according to the set address information and setting one or more configurations for the device, wherein the cloning information includes basic configuration information, lightweight directory access protocol (LDAP) configuration information, simple mail transfer protocol (SMTP) configuration information, server message block/file transfer protocol (SMB/FTP) configuration information, and user authentication configuration information for the device.