Image forming apparatus, control method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing program
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTakashi Sawada
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: an acquisition unit that acquires information concerning a contract of a subscription service of the image forming apparatus; a storage unit that stores the information concerning the contract of the subscription service acquired by the acquisition unit; and a control unit that sets, based on a fact that the information concerning the contract of the subscription service stored in the storage unit is first information indicating purchase of the image forming apparatus, a state of the image forming apparatus to a state corresponding to the first information.
Claims18
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- at least one memory and at least one processor which function as:
- an acquisition unit configured to acquire notification information indicating that a contract of a subscription service of the image forming apparatus is changed to a purchased state of the image forming apparatus;
- a storage unit configured to store information concerning a contract of the image forming apparatus;
- and
- a control unit configured to shift, based on a fact that the notification information is acquired by the acquisition unit in a state that the information concerning the contract of the image forming apparatus stored in the storage unit indicates a subscription service contracted state of the image forming apparatus, a state of the image forming apparatus to the purchased state indicated by the notification information.
A control method executed by an image forming apparatus, comprising:
- acquiring notification information indicating that a contract of a subscription service of the image forming apparatus is changed to a purchased state of the image forming apparatus;
- storing, in a storage unit, information concerning a contract of the image forming apparatus;
- and
- shifting, based on a fact that the notification information is acquired in the acquiring in a state that the information concerning the contract of the image forming apparatus stored in the storage unit indicates a subscription service contracted state of the image forming apparatus, a state of the image forming apparatus to the purchased state indicated by the notification information.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program configured to cause a computer to function to:
- acquire notification information indicating that a contract of a subscription service of an image forming apparatus is changed to a purchased state of the image forming apparatus;
- store, in a storage unit, information concerning a contract of the image forming apparatus;
- and
- shift, based on a fact that the notification information is acquired in a state that the information concerning the contract of the image forming apparatus stored in the storage unit indicates a subscription service contracted state of the image forming apparatus, a state of the image forming apparatus to the purchased state indicated by the notification information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.