Device regionalization based on geographic location
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsShinoj Bhaskaran, Godwin Joseph
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Abstract
In one example, a method is described, in which a geographic location of an electronic device may be determined. Further, a region code may be read from a device component installed in the electronic device. Furthermore, the geographic location of the electronic device may be compared with the region code of the device component. The electronic device may be enabled to function with the device component when the geographic location of the electronic device falls under a region defined by the region code.
Claims15
A printing device, comprising:
- a location determining unit to determine a geographic location of the printing device;
- a code retrieving unit to read a region code embedded within a device component when the device component is installed in the printing device;
- and
- an authentication unit to:
- compare the region code of the device component with the geographic location of the printing device;
- and
- enable the printing device to function with the device component when the region code of the device component matches with the geographic location of the printing device.
A method comprising:
- determining a geographic location of an electronic device;
- reading a region code from a device component installed in the electronic device;
- comparing the geographic location of the electronic device with the region code of the device component;
- and
- enabling the electronic device to function with the device component when the geographic location of the electronic device falls under a region defined by the region code.
A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions executable by a processor to:
- obtain a geographic location of a printing device using a global positioning system (GPS)-based service in the printing device;
- retrieve a region code embedded in a device component when the device component is installed in the printing device;
- verify whether the geographic location of the printing device matches with a region defined by the region code of the device component;
- and
- enable the device component to be used with the printing device when the geographic location of the printing device matches with the region defined by the region code.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.