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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2017
Filed:
May. 31, 2011
Christopher Alan Adkins, Lexington, KY (US);
Stephen Porter Bush, Richmond, KY (US);
Mark Walter Fagan, Lexington, KY (US);
Duane Edward Norris, Richmond, KY (US);
Douglas Keith Perterson, Jr., Irvine, KY (US);
Thomas James Wack, Nicholasville, KY (US);
Gregory Scott Woods, Lexington, KY (US);
Christopher Alan Adkins, Lexington, KY (US);
Stephen Porter Bush, Richmond, KY (US);
Mark Walter Fagan, Lexington, KY (US);
Duane Edward Norris, Richmond, KY (US);
Douglas Keith Perterson, Jr., Irvine, KY (US);
Thomas James Wack, Nicholasville, KY (US);
Gregory Scott Woods, Lexington, KY (US);
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for configuring an electronics device. The method includes receiving, by the electronics device, a request for a command to perform a predetermined operation by the electronics device and sending the command in response to receiving the request. The electronics device then receives a signature based upon the command, whereupon the electronics device verifies the signature by the electronics device and, following an affirmative verification, executes the command for performing the predetermined operation. In this way, the electronics device may be reconfigured remotely without knowledge of the particular command for performing the predetermined operation by the electronics device.