US 12,255,779 B2
Method and apparatus to configure a multi-function device
Dianne Colelli, Webster, NY (US); Cheryl A. Nazzaro, Fairport, NY (US); Mirelsa Fontanes-Perez, Webster, NY (US); and Sanja Pstrocki-Porras, Rochester, NY (US)
Assigned to Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US)
Filed by Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US)
Filed on Sep. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/932,280.
Prior Publication US 2024/0089176 A1, Mar. 14, 2024
Int. Cl. H04L 41/08 (2022.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 41/085 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 41/0886 (2013.01) [H04L 41/085 (2013.01); H04L 63/083 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A multi-function device (MFD), comprising:
a user interface to select a network configuration machine readable code application;
a processor; and
a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the processor, causes the processor to:
generate a network configuration machine readable code, wherein the network configuration machine readable code comprises a certain group of MFDs that have permission to join a network connection associated with the network configuration machine readable code, wherein the certain group of MFDs comprises MFDs within a certain department, MFDs within a particular location, or MFDs on a particular floor; and
print the network configuration machine readable code, wherein the network configuration machine readable code is to be scanned by a target MFD to automatically configure the network connection of the target MFD that is part of the certain group of MFDs that have permission via information contained in the network configuration machine readable code.