US 12,273,353 B2
Remote authentication and local control of enterprise devices
Joseph H. Lang, Webster, NY (US); Timothy L. Dioguardi, Webster, NY (US); Fadi G. Rouhana, Fairport, NY (US); Paul F. Brown, II, Webster, NY (US); and Scott C. Van Scooter, Chatham, IL (US)
Assigned to Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US)
Filed by Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US)
Filed on Mar. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/655,342.
Prior Publication US 2023/0300142 A1, Sep. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 21/45 (2013.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 63/108 (2013.01) [G06F 21/45 (2013.01); H04L 63/083 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An enterprise owned multi-function device (MFD), comprising:
a communication interface to establish a communication session with an authentication server;
a re-activation timer;
a processor; and
a non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
authenticate the enterprise owned MFD by transmitting an employee username, a password and a global positioning system (GPS) location of the enterprise owned MFD to the authentication server over the communication session when the enterprise owned MFD is activated at a remote location of an employee;
activate the re-activation timer for a time limit for allowing an access to the enterprise owned MFD by the employee;
create a local account of the employee for a local authentication; and
authorize the access to the employee via the local account of the employee until the time limit of the re-activation timer expires.