Device control apparatus, device control program, and server
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorKentaro Kanada
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Abstract
A device control apparatus includes: a usage instruction acceptance unit that accepts a usage instruction for a device; a determination unit that determines whether or not the device is a registered device that has been registered in a server based on registration information obtained from the server, and determines whether or not the device is a loaner device for the registered device based on loaner device information; a notification unit that performs a notification prompting a user to register the device as a registered device in the server; a prohibition unit that prohibits the device from being used in accordance with the usage instruction; and a permission unit that permits the device to be used in accordance with the usage instruction.
Claims4
A device control apparatus comprising:
- a usage instruction acceptance unit that accepts a usage instruction for a device;
- a determination unit that, in the case where the usage instruction has been accepted, determines whether or not the device is a registered device that has been registered in a server based on registration information obtained from the server, and determines whether or not the device is a loaner device for the registered device based on loaner device information;
- a notification unit that, in the case where it has been determined that the device is not the registered device and that the device is not a loaner device for the registered device, performs a notification prompting a user to register the device as a registered device in the server;
- a prohibition unit that, in the case where it has been determined that the device is not the registered device and that the device is not a loaner device for the registered device, prohibits the device from being used in accordance with the usage instruction;
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- a permission unit that, in the case where it has been determined that the device is the registered device or that the device is a loaner device for the registered device, permits the device to be used in accordance with the usage instruction,
- wherein in the case where it has been determined that the device is the registered device or that the device is a loaner device for the registered device, the notification unit does not perform the notification.
A storage medium in which is stored a device control program that causes a computer to:
- accept a usage instruction for a device to be used;
- determine, in the case where the usage instruction has been accepted, whether or not the device is a registered device that has been registered in a server based on registration information obtained from the server, and whether or not the device is a loaner device for the registered device based on loaner device information;
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- perform a notification prompting a user to register the device as a registered device in the server in the case where it has been determined that the device is not the registered device and that the device is not a loaner device for the registered device, and not perform the notification in the case where it has been determined that the device is the registered device or it has been determined that the device is a loaner device for the registered device.
A server comprising:
- a registration unit that registers, as a registered device, a device to be used as a device control apparatus;
- a determination unit that, in the case where the device control apparatus has accepted a usage instruction to use the device, determines whether or not the device is the registered device, and determines whether or not the device is a loaner device for the registered device;
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- a notification unit that causes the device control apparatus to output a notification prompting the device control apparatus to execute a registration request process requesting the registration unit to register the device as the registered device in the case where it has been determined that the device is neither the registered device nor a loaner device for the registered device, and that does not cause the device control apparatus to output the notification in the case where it has been determined that the device is the registered device or that the device is a loaner device for the registered device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.