发明名称 SERVER FOR MANAGING STATUS OF SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH IMAGE-RECORDING DEVICE
摘要 In a server, a storage is configured to store status of a service agreement for delivering a cartridge with an image-recording device. For the image-recording device, the cartridge is available in a first mode and is unavailable in a second mode. The status includes a first status indicating that the service agreement has been in force and a second status indicating that the service agreement has been canceled. The storage is further configured to store instructions causing the server to receive a cancellation request of the service agreement from an information processor; transmit a switch command to switch an operating mode of the image-recording device from the first to second mode in response to the cancellation request; and change the status stored in the storage to the second status in response to receiving a response indicating that the operating mode has been switched from the first to second mode.
申请公布号 US2017063646(A1) 申请公布日期 2017.03.02
申请号 US201615185077 申请日期 2016.06.17
申请人 Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha 发明人 Kawai Sunao
分类号 H04L12/24;H04L29/06 主分类号 H04L12/24
代理机构 代理人
主权项 1. A server comprising: a storage configured to store status of a service agreement with an image-recording device, the service agreement being an agreement for delivering a specific type of cartridge attachable to the image-recording device, the status of the service agreement including a first status and a second status, the first status indicating that the service agreement has been in force, the second status indicating that the service agreement has been canceled; a communication interface; and a processor, wherein the storage is further configured to store instructions, when executed by the processor, causing the server to: output a delivery command to deliver the specific type of cartridge when remaining quantity of recording material contained in the specific type of cartridge in use has reached a predetermined minimum under the first status of the service agreement stored in the storage;receive a cancellation request of the service agreement from an information processor through the communication interface;transmit a switch command to switch an operating mode of the image-recording device from a first mode to a second mode through the communication interface in response to at least the cancellation request, the specific type of cartridge being available for the image-recording device in the first mode, the specific type of cartridge being unavailable for the image-recording device in the second mode; andchange the status of the service agreement stored in the storage to the second status in response to receiving a response through the communication interface, the response indicating that the operating mode of the image-recording device has been switched from the first mode to the second mode according to the switch command.
地址 Nagoya-shi JP