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US 11,108,879 B2Granted
Transfer server and controlling method
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHiroki Hachiya
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Abstract
A transfer server according to the present invention is a transfer server guiding an access request from a client terminal to a site that is a redirect destination and includes a reception unit configured to receive an access request for a site providing a support service relating to a device connected to the client terminal, a generation unit configured to generate an address for accessing a site providing a support service requiring in-advance registration in a case where the device is a target for the support service requiring the in-advance registration, and a transmission unit configured to transmit an access response having the generated address set as a redirect destination to the client terminal.
Claims18
A method of controlling a transfer server which processes an access request from a client terminal, the method comprising:
- receiving an access request to a service relating to a printing device connected to the client terminal, wherein the access request is transmitted from the client terminal to the transfer server in a case where a user operates a predetermined operation item displayed by the client terminal;
- determining whether or not the printing device is registered as a target device for a service of automatically delivering consumable supply based on the access request;
- generating a first address corresponding to the service of automatically delivering the consumable supply based on a determination by the determining step that the printing device is registered as the target device for the service of automatically delivering the consumable supply, wherein display of a screen corresponding to the first address includes information of a consumable supply delivering condition;
- generating a second address corresponding to a service of purchasing the consumable supply different from the service of automatically delivering the consumable supply based on a determination by the determining step that the printing device is not registered as the target device for the service of automatically delivering the consumable supply, wherein display of a screen corresponding to the second address includes a designation item to accept designation of purchase quantity of the consumable supply;
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- transmitting the first address or the second address to the client terminal.
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A transfer server processing an access request from a client terminal, the transfer server comprising:
- a reception unit configured to receive an access request to a service relating to a printing device connected to the client terminal, wherein the access request is transmitted from the client terminal to the transfer server in a case where a user operates a predetermined operation item displayed by the client terminal;
- a determination unit configured to determine whether or not the printing device is registered as a target device for a service of automatically delivering consumable supply based on the access request;
- a generation unit configured to generate a first address corresponding to the service of automatically delivering the consumable supply based on the determination unit determining that the printing device is registered as the target device for the service of automatically delivering the consumable supply, wherein display of a screen corresponding to the first address includes information of a consumable supply delivering condition,
- and to generate a second address corresponding to a service of purchasing the consumable supply different from the service of automatically delivering the consumable supply based on the determination unit determining that the printing device is not registered as the target device for the service of automatically delivering the consumable supply, wherein display of a screen corresponding to the second address includes a designation item to accept designation of purchase quantity of the consumable supply;
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- a transmission unit configured to transmit the first address or the second address to the client terminal,
- wherein the reception unit, the generation unit and the transmission unit are performed by at least one processor of the transfer server.
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A system which includes a transfer server processing an access request from a client terminal and a printing device,
- wherein the transfer server comprises:
- a reception unit configured to receive an access request to a service relating to the printing device connected to the client terminal, wherein the access request is transmitted from the client terminal to the transfer server in a case where a user operates a predetermined operation item displayed by the client terminal;
- a determination unit configured to determine whether or not the printing device is registered as a target device in a service of automatically delivering consumable supply based on the access request,
- a generation unit configured to generate a first address corresponding to the service of automatically delivering the consumable supply based on the determination unit determining that the printing device is registered as the target device for the service of automatically delivering the consumable supply, wherein display of a screen corresponding to the first address includes information of a consumable supply delivering condition,
- and to generate a second address corresponding to a service of purchasing the consumable supply different from the service of automatically delivering the consumable supply based on the determination unit determining that the printing device is not registered as the target device for the service of automatically delivering the consumable supply, wherein display of a screen corresponding to the second address includes a designation item to accept designation of purchase quantity of the consumable supply;
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- a transmission unit configured to transmit the first address or the second address to the client terminal,
- wherein the reception unit, the generation unit and the transmission unit are performed by at least one processor of the transfer server;
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- wherein the printing device comprises:
- a communication unit configured to communicate with the client terminal,
- wherein the communication unit is performed by at least one processor of the printing device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.