# US 12,216,951 B2 · Server and printing system

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- Number: US 12,216,951 B2
- Document ID: US12216951B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 18/544,700
- Filed: 2023-12-19
- Published: 2024-06-27
- Granted: 2025-02-04
- Earliest claimed: 2022-12-22
- Assignees: Seiko Epson Corporation
- Applicants: Seiko Epson Corporation
- Inventors: Satoshi Marumo
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12216951B2

## CPC

- G06F 3/126: {Job scheduling, e.g. queuing, determine appropriate device}
- G06F 3/1207: {resulting in the user being informed about print result after a job submission}
- G06F 3/1259: {Print job monitoring, e.g. job status}
- G06Q 10/06: Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
- G06F 3/1288: {in client-server-printer device configuration}
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
- G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

## Abstract

A server connected to a network performs processing of: receiving first information transmitted from a first information terminal connected to the network and transmitting the first information to a second information terminal connected to the network; receiving second information that is information transmitted from the second information terminal and includes the first information, and generating print data based on the second information; and transmitting the print data to a plurality of printing devices connected to the network.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A server connected to a network, configured to perform processing of:
receiving first information that is wide region information and transmitted from a first information terminal, which is connected to the network and belongs to a municipality, and transmitting the first information to a second information terminal, which is connected to the network and owned by a representative of a local community;
receiving second information that is information transmitted from the second information terminal and is obtained by adding small region information to the first information;
generating print data based on the second information; and
transmitting the print data to a plurality of printing devices, which are connected to the network and owned by members of the local community.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The server according to claim 1, further configured to perform processing of notifying a third information terminal associated with the second information terminal that the first information was transmitted to the server.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The server according to claim 2, further configured to perform, along with the processing of transmitting the print data to the plurality of printing devices, processing of notifying a fourth information terminal associated with the printing devices that the print data was transmitted.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The server according to claim 3, further configured to perform processing of acquiring a status of the printing devices and transmitting information relating to the status to at least one of the second information terminal and the third information terminal.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The server according to claim 4, configured to provide a user interface for inputting and transmitting, to the fourth information terminal, information indicating that printed matter output from the printing devices was confirmed, and to provide information relating to the confirmation to at least one of the second information terminal and the third information terminal.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The server according to claim 1, wherein the print data is transmitted to the plurality of printing devices at a specified timing via the second information terminal.

### Claim 7

A printing system comprising:
a server connected to a network;
a first information terminal connected to the network and belonging to a municipality;
a second information terminal connected to the network and owned by representative of a local community; and
a plurality of printing devices connected to the network and owned by members of the local community, wherein
the first information terminal is configured to transmit first information to the server, the server transmits the first information to the second information terminal when the first information that is wide region information is received from the first information terminal,
the second information terminal is configured to transmit second information, which is obtained by adding small region information to the first information, to the server, and
the server generates print data based on the second information and transmits the print data to the plurality of printing devices when the second information is received from the second information terminal.

### Claim 8

A printing system comprising:
a cloud server connected to a network;
a first information terminal that is a terminal connected to the network and belongs to a municipality;
a second information terminal that is a terminal connected to the network and owned by a representative of a local community; and
a printing device that is connected to the network and owned by a member of the local community, wherein
the first information terminal is configured to transmit first information that is wide region information to the cloud server,
the cloud server transmits the first information to the second information terminal when the first information is received from the first information terminal,
the second information terminal is configured to transmit, to the cloud server, second information obtained by adding small region information to the first information, and
the cloud server generates print data based on the second information and transmits the print data to the printing device when the second information is received from the second information terminal.