Printing system, server device, printing device and method for using the same
AssigneeToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorOkiharu Matsuda
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Abstract
According to one embodiment, a printing system including a printing device and a server device is disclosed. The printing device includes a memory unit configured to store usage information. Further, the server device includes a communications unit configured to communicate with the printing device; an aggregation unit configured to obtain the usage information from the printing device via the communications unit and aggregate the obtained usage information; and a recommendation information generation unit configured to generate recommendation information for the printing device based on the usage information aggregated by the aggregation unit and provide the recommendation information to the printing device via the communications unit.
Claims20
A printing system comprising a printing device and a server device,
- the printing device including a memory unit configured to store usage information;
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- the server device including a communications unit configured to communicate with the printing device;
- an aggregation unit configured to obtain the usage information from the printing device via the communications unit and aggregate the obtained usage information;
- and a recommendation information generation unit configured to generate recommendation information for the printing device based on the usage information aggregated by the aggregation unit and provide the recommendation information to the printing device via the communications unit.
A server device comprising:
- a communications unit configured to communicate with an external printing device;
- an aggregation unit configured to obtain usage information including at least one of a supply, a working time, an operating time and an electric energy consumption from the external printing device via the communications unit and configured to aggregate the obtained usage information;
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- a recommendation information generation unit configured to generate recommendation information for the external printing device and provide the recommendation information to the external printing device via the communications unit.
A printing device comprising:
- a memory unit configured to store usage information including at least one of a supply, a working time, an operating time and an electric energy consumption of the printing device;
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- a providing unit configured to provide the usage information to an external server device via a communications unit upon receiving a request for providing the usage information from the external server device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.