Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Secure upgrade supplies and methods
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Application No.: US14879656Application Date: 2015-10-09
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Publication No.: US09639794B2Publication Date: 2017-05-02
- Inventor: Stephen D. Panshin , Jefferson P. Ward , David B. Novak
- Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Hanley Flight & Zimmerman, LLC
- Main IPC: G06K15/00
- IPC: G06K15/00 ; G06F21/57 ; G06F21/60 ; G06F21/44 ; G06F9/445

Abstract:
Example secure upgrade supplies and methods are disclosed. A disclosed example upgrade supply cartridge structured includes a chamber to store a material useable by the imaging forming apparatus to form an image on media; a security device to provide an authentication credential to an image forming apparatus, the authentication credential useable to authenticate an identity of the upgrade supply cartridge; and a tamperproof data storage including upgrade data useable by the image forming apparatus to activate a capability included but disabled in the image forming apparatus, the tamperproof data storage structured to store an identifier of the image forming apparatus after the upgrade supply cartridge has been utilized by the image forming apparatus to activate the disabled capability.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160034802A1 SECURE UPGRADE SUPPLIES AND METHODS Public/Granted day:2016-02-04
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