Advertisement system, server apparatus, and program product that decides on distributing advertisement data based on printing quality evaluation
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsHideki Kato, Kan Matsuda, Tomomi Miyasaka
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Abstract
An advertisement system includes a distribution member computer that causes a printer to print the test image data received from a posting server and transmits read data obtained by reading an image of a printed matter obtained by printing test image data by the printer to a posting server, and the posting server including an evaluation unit that evaluates printing quality of the printed matter based on the read data and a decision unit that determines whether to distribute the advertisement data to the distribution member computer based on an evaluation result by the evaluation unit.
Claims7
An advertisement system comprising:
- a server apparatus that distributes advertisement data;
- and a control device that causes a printing apparatus to the print distributed advertisement data, wherein
- the control device
- causes the printing apparatus to print test image data, and
- transmits, to the server apparatus, read data obtained by reading a printed matter of the test image data, and wherein
- the server apparatus includes
- an evaluation unit that evaluates printing quality of the printed matter based on the read data, and
- a decision unit that decides whether to distribute the advertisement data to the control device based on an evaluation result by the evaluation unit.
A server apparatus that distributes advertisement data, the server apparatus comprising:
- a communication unit that receives read data obtained by reading a printed matter on which test image data is printed;
- an evaluation unit that evaluates printing quality of the printed matter based on the read data received by the communication unit;
- and
- a decision unit that decides whether to distribute the advertisement data to a transmission source of the read data based on an evaluation result by the evaluation unit.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program, the program causing a computer of a server apparatus that distributes advertisement data to execute a method, the method comprising:
- receiving read data obtained by reading a printed matter on which the test image data is printed;
- evaluating printing quality of the printed matter based on the read data received by the receiving the read data;
- and
- deciding whether to distribute the advertisement data to a transmission source of the read data based on an evaluation result by the evaluating the printing quality.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.