# US 2016/0366192 A1 · Automatically configuring a web-enabled portable device to access the internet > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2016/0366192 A1 - Document ID: US20160366192A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/003,638 - Filed: 2016-01-21 - Published: 2016-12-15 - Earliest claimed: 2000-07-26 - Assignees: Chemtron Research LLC - Applicants: Chemtron Research LLC - Inventors: Eric C. Anderson; Robert P. Morris - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20160366192A1 ## CPC - H04L 65/1069: Session establishment or de-establishment - H04N 1/00151: {with selective access} - H04N 1/00196: {Creation of a photo-montage, e.g. photoalbum (H04N1/0019 takes precedence)} - H04N 1/00212: {Attaching image data to computer messages, e.g. to e-mails} - H04N 1/00236: {using an image reading or reproducing device, e.g. a facsimile reader or printer, as a local input to or local output from a computer (image input to or image output from a computer via a network H04N1/00209)} - H04N 1/00241: {using an image reading device as a local input to a computer (input via network, e.g. network scanners H04N1/00225)} - H04N 1/00244: {with a server, e.g. an internet server (fax-servers or the like for store and forward H04N1/324)} - H04N 7/18: Closed-circuit television [CCTV] systems, i.e. systems in which the video signal is not broadcast - H04N 2201/0015: Control of image communication with the connected apparatus, e.g. signalling capability - H04N 2201/0074: Arrangements for the control of a still picture apparatus by the connected apparatus - H04N 2201/3205: of identification information, e.g. name or ID code (H04N2201/3209 takes precedence) - H04N 2201/3274: Storage or retrieval of prestored additional information - H04N 2201/3278: Transmission - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract Automatically configuring a portable electronic device for accessing a site on a public network is disclosed. The method and system include establishing a connection to at least one server for establishing and maintaining website accounts, and sending information uniquely identifying the electronic device to the at least one server. The at least one server sends user account information to the device, including an account ID and password, created based on the electronic device information. The user account information is stored on the device for use the next time the device accesses the website, whereby the user does not have to enter account information in order to establish the ISP connection or the website account before accessing the public network or, if the user account is not completely set up, to establish the user account a next time the device connects to the at least one server. ## Claims ### Claim at position 1 1-18. (canceled) ### Claim 19 A method, comprising: receiving, by a server, identification information from an imaging device that uniquely identifies the imaging device; setting up, by the server, at least a portion of a user account using the identification information received from the imaging device; and transmitting, by the server, account information associated with the user account to the imaging device; and providing, by the server, the imaging device access to the user account or a service associated with the user account in response to detecting the imaging device connecting to the server after setting up at least the portion of the user account. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The method of claim 19, further comprising: transmitting, by the server to the imaging device, a uniform resource locator for a website associated with the user account. ### Claim 21 (depends on 19) The method of claim 19, further comprising: storing, by the server on a memory device, data received from the imaging device; associating, by the server, the data stored on the memory device with the user account. ### Claim 22 (depends on 21) The method of claim 21, wherein the data received from the imaging device comprises images captured by the imaging device. ### Claim 23 (depends on 21) The method of claim 21, further comprising: receiving, by the server, a request to email the data to a specified email address; and transmitting, by the server, an email comprising the data to the specified email address. ### Claim 24 (depends on 21) The method of claim 21, further comprising: transmitting, by the server to the imaging device, a list of actions that the server can perform on the data received from the imaging device. ### Claim 25 (depends on 24) The method of claim 24, further comprising: receiving, by the server, a selection of at least one action on the list; and performing the at least one action on at least a portion of the data. ### Claim 26 (depends on 24) The method of claim 24, further comprising: receiving, by the server, a modified action list from the imaging device; and updating the action list on the memory device to match the modified action list. ### Claim 27 A system, comprising: a memory device to store instructions; and a processing device to execute the instructions stored in the memory device to: receive identification information from an imaging device that uniquely identifies the imaging device; establish at least a portion of a user account using the identification information received from the imaging device; and transmit account information associated with the user account to the imaging device; and provide the imaging device access to the user account or a service associated with the user account in response to detecting the imaging device connecting to the server after establishing the at least a portion of the user account. ### Claim 28 (depends on 27) The system of claim 27, wherein the processing device is further to transmit a uniform resource locator for a website associated with the user account to the imaging device. ### Claim 29 (depends on 27) The system of claim 27, wherein the processing device is further to: associate data received from the imaging device with the user account; and store the data in a database. ### Claim 30 (depends on 29) The system of claim 29, wherein the data comprises images captured by the imaging device. ### Claim 31 (depends on 29) The system of claim 29, wherein the processing device is further to transmit to the imaging device a list of predefined actions that the processing device can perform on the data received from the imaging device. ### Claim 32 (depends on 31) The system of claim 31, wherein the processing device is further to perform a selected action from the list of predefined actions on at least a portion of the data. ### Claim 33 A server, comprising: a receiver to receive device identification information identifying a device; a processor to at least partially establish a user account uniquely associated with a controlling entity based at least in part on the device identification information identifying the device; and a transmitter to transmit account information to the device that enables the device to connect to the user account or a service associated with the user account a next time the device connects to the server. ### Claim 34 (depends on 33) The server of claim 33, wherein the transmitter is further to transmit a uniform resource locator locating a website associated with the user account on a global network to the device. ### Claim 35 (depends on 33) The server of claim 33, further comprising a memory device having thereon a relational database that stores the device identification information and the account information. ### Claim 36 (depends on 35) The server of claim 35, wherein the receiver is further to receive imaging data from the device; and wherein the processor is further to store the imaging data in the relational database. ### Claim 37 (depends on 36) The server of claim 36, wherein the receiver is further to receive a request comprising an email address from the device; and wherein the processor is further to email the imaging data to the email address. ### Claim 38 (depends on 36) The server of claim 36, wherein the transmitter is further to wirelessly transmit a list of predefined actions to the device; and wherein the processor is further to perform a selected action from the list of the predefined actions on at least a portion of the imaging data received from the device.