US 11,726,727 B2Granted

Server and computer program for server

AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

InventorKoichi Hayashi

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Abstract

A server includes memory, a registration request receiver, a first determiner, and a first memory controller. The memory stores device identification information and service identification information in association with each other. The registration request receiver receives from an external device, a registration request including first service identification information and specific device identification information. The first service identification information identifies a first service to be provided to a user of a specific communication device. The specific device identification information identifies the specific communication device. In response to the registration request received from the external device, the first determiner determines whether to provide the first service to the user of the specific communication device. In response to a determination to provide the first service, the first memory stores the first service identification information in the memory in association with the specific device identification information.

Claims8

Dependent claims

A server, comprising:

a processor;
and
memory configured to store device identification information and service identification information in association with each other, the device identification information identifying a communication device among one or more communication devices, the service identification information identifying a service currently provided to a user of the communication device among a plurality of services, wherein the plurality of services include a first type of service having no exclusive attribute and a second type of service having the exclusive attribute, and wherein the exclusive attribute indicates that, in a state where a certain type of service is provided to a user of a certain communication device, another service of the certain type is not provided to the user of the certain communication device, the memory storing instructions, when executed by the processor, causing the server to perform;
receiving, from an external device, a registration request including first service identification information and specific device identification information, the first service identification information identifying a first service to be provided to a user of a specific communication device, the specific device identification information identifying the specific communication device;
a first determination comprising:
in response to the registration request received from the external device, determining whether to provide the first service to the user of the specific communication device;
in response to the first service being the first type of service having no exclusive attribute, determining to provide the first service regardless of whether the specific device identification information is stored in association with service identification information different from the first service identification information in the memory;
determining to provide the first service in response to the first service being the second type of service having the exclusive attribute and the specific device identification information being not stored in association with service identification information identifying the second type of service different from the first service in the memory;
and
determining not to provide the first service in a specific case where the first service is the second type of service having the exclusive attribute and the specific device identification information is stored in association with second service identification information in the memory, the second service identification information identifying a second service that is the second type of service different from the first service;
and
a first memory control comprising, in response to a determination to provide the first service, storing the first service identification information in the memory in association with the specific device identification information.

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A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a computer program for a server including memory and a computer, the memory being configured to store device identification information and service identification information in association with each other, the device identification information identifying a communication device among one or more communication devices, the service identification information identifying a service currently provided to a user of the communication device among a plurality of services, wherein the plurality of services include a first type of service having no exclusive attribute and a second type of service having the exclusive attribute, and wherein the exclusive attribute indicates that, in a state where a certain type of service is provided to a user of a certain communication device, another service of the certain type is not provided to the user of the certain communication device, the computer program comprising instructions that, when executed, cause the computer to perform:

receiving, from an external device, a registration request including first service identification information and specific device identification information, the first service identification information identifying a first service to be provided to a user of a specific communication device, the specific device identification information identifying the specific communication device;
a determination comprising:
in response to the registration request received from the external device, determining whether to provide the first service to the user of the specific communication device;
in response to the first service being the first type of service having no exclusive attribute, determining to provide the first service regardless of whether the specific device identification information is stored in association with service identification information different from the first service identification information in the memory;
determining to provide the first service in response to the first service being the second type of service having the exclusive attribute and the specific device identification information being not stored in association with service identification information identifying the second type of service different from the first service in the memory;
and
determining not to provide the first service in a specific case where the first service is the second type of service having the exclusive attribute and the specific device identification information is stored in association with second service identification information in the memory, the second service identification information identifying a second service that is the second type of service different from the first service;
and
a memory control comprising, in response to a determination to provide the first service, storing the first service identification information in the memory in association with the specific device identification information.

6 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/679,354Filed 24 Feb 2022
Priority: JP 2021-03086626 Feb 2021
Published: US 2022/0276815 A11 Sep 2022
Granted: 15 Aug 2023
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification12 codes

G06F 3/1226
Client or server resources management: discovery of devices having required properties
H04N 1/00244
With a digital computer or a digital computer system, e.g. an internet server: with a server, e.g. an internet server
G06F 3/1204
Improving or facilitating administration, e.g. print management: resulting in reduced user or operator actions, e.g. presetting, automatic…
G06F 3/1224
Specifically adapted to use a particular technique: client or server resources management