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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2021
Applicant:
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Inventors:
Rajana Mukesh Panchani, London, GB;
Kenneth Schleede, Webster, NY (US);
Peter Granby, Hertfordshire, GB;
Patrick Wilhelmus Bernardus Gerrits, Wljchen, NL;
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/32 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/32138 (2013.01); G06F 3/1203 (2013.01); G06F 3/1225 (2013.01); H04N 1/00342 (2013.01); H04N 1/32673 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of detecting fraudulent use of a printing device including a non-contact memory tag, including receiving a request to read the tag, receiving information from the tag, determining an installed configuration of the printing device from the information, comparing the installed configuration to a current configuration of the printing device, and in response to determining that the current configuration is not the same as the installed configuration, indicating that a violation exists.