Abstract: A method and system for configuring and/or re-configuring an office device to satisfy each user's particular needs. Such a system allows a user to determine at user defined intervals, i.e., each use, monthly, or project based, what the user's needs are or will be and then access, via the Internet or intranet or some other means, a service center wherein the user can download or access via a code the desired, appropriate applications for the device.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 13, 1999
Date of Patent:
February 17, 2004
Assignees:
Bell & Howell Document Management & Products
Company, Bowe Bell & Howell Scanners, L.L.C.
Inventors:
Bruce Moeller, Roland Simonis, Mandy Chubin, Alan Jenks, Alan Mersereau, Price Hodson