Device, System and Method for Detecting and Managing Toner Bottle Installation History

A method for determining excessive consumable usage executing on an image processing device, the method comprising:

• detecting at least one characteristic associated with a consumable container installed in the image processing device;
• selectively incrementing count data indicative of a number of pages having a consumable applied thereto that have been output by the image processing device;
• calculating a usage ratio representing an expected number of used consumable bottles and an actual number of used consumable bottles using the at least one characteristic detected by the detector and the count data;
• determine whether the usage ratio exceeds a usage threshold, and
• communicate a result of the determination when the usage ratio exceeds the usage threshold.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

• detecting at least one characteristic associated with a consumable container installed in the image processing device;
• selectively incrementing count data indicative of a number of pages having a consumable applied thereto that have been output by the image processing device;
• calculating a usage ratio representing an expected number of used consumable bottles and an actual number of used consumable bottles using the at least one characteristic detected by the detector and the count data;
• determine whether the usage ratio exceeds a usage threshold, and
• communicate a result of the determination when the usage ratio exceeds the usage threshold.

A server in communication with at least two image processing devices via a network, the server comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• one or more computer-readable media coupled to the one or more processors, the one or more computer-readable media store instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to,
• receiving device-specific data from each of the at least two image processing devices, the device specific data including at least one characteristic associated with consumable containers in each of the at least two image processing device;
• calculate, for each of the at least two image processing devices, a device usage ratio representing an expected number of used consumable containers and an actual number of used consumable containers;
• calculating the collective usage ratio by aggregating each calculated device usage ratio to determine whether the collective usage ratio exceeds a usage threshold, and
• communicating a result of the determination when the collective usage ratio exceeds the usage threshold.

A method of determining excessive usage of a consumable across at least two image processing devices, the method comprising:

• A server in communication with at least two image processing devices via a network, the server comprising:
• receiving device-specific data from each of the at least two image processing devices, the device specific data including at least one characteristic associated with consumable containers in each of the at least two image processing device;
• calculate, for each of the at least two image processing devices, a device usage ratio representing an expected number of used consumable containers and an actual number of used consumable containers;
• calculating the collective usage ratio by aggregating each calculated device usage ratio to determine whether the collective usage ratio exceeds a usage threshold, and
• communicating a result of the determination when the collective usage ratio exceeds the usage threshold.