# US 2021/0241245 A1 · Printing device functionality based on consumption and payment > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2021/0241245 A1 - Document ID: US20210241245A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/054,824 - Filed: 2018-08-24 - Published: 2021-08-05 - Earliest claimed: 2018-08-24 - Assignees: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. - Applicants: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. - Inventors: Wesley R. Schalk; Jesse Otto Sutherland; Erik A. Anderson; Jefferson P. Ward - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210241245A1 ## CPC - G06Q 20/145: {Payments according to the detected use or quantity} - G05B 15/02: electric - G06F 3/1203: {Improving or facilitating administration, e.g. print management} - G06F 3/1229: {Printer resources management or printer maintenance, e.g. device status, power levels} - G06F 3/1239: {Restricting the usage of resources, e.g. usage or user levels, credit limit, consumables, special fonts} - G06Q 10/083: Shipping - G06Q 10/087: Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders - G06Q 10/08726: {for replenishment processing, procedures, or recommendations using forecasting or optimisation} - G06Q 20/18: involving self-service terminals [SST], vending machines, kiosks or multimedia terminals - G06Q 20/407: {Cancellation of a transaction} - G06Q 30/0283: Price estimation or determination - G06Q 30/04: Billing or invoicing - G06Q 30/06: Buying, selling or leasing transactions - G06Q 40/02: Banking, e.g. interest calculation or account maintenance (credit or loans G06Q40/03) - G07F 17/26: for printing, stamping, franking, typing or teleprinting apparatus (ticket printing or the like apparatus G07F17/42) - G07F 17/266: {for the use of a photocopier or printing device (photocopiers H04N1/00)} - G07G 5/00: Receipt-giving machines - 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 - G05B: CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS OR ELEMENTS (systems for controlling or regulating non-electric variables G05D; systems for regulating electric or magnetic variables G05F; control devices or systems insofar as characterised by mechanical features only G05G) - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - G07F: COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS (coin sorting G07D3/00; coin testing G07D5/00; {handling coins or paper currencies apart from payment activated apparatus G07D; payment architectures, schemes or protocols G06Q20/00}) - G07G: REGISTERING THE RECEIPT OF CASH, VALUABLES, OR TOKENS ## Abstract Examples for determining printing device functionality based on consumption and payment are described herein. In some examples, signals indicative of an amount of utilized print consumable by a printing device and signals indicative of payment for the amount of utilized print consumable are received at a computing device. Signals to cause the printing device to alter a functionality based on the signals indicative of an amount of utilized print consumable and the signals indicative of payment for the amount of utilized print consumable are transmitted by the computing device. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method comprising: receiving, at a computing device, signals indicative of an amount of utilized print consumable by a printing device and signals indicative of payment for the amount of utilized print consumable; and transmitting, by the computing device, signals to cause the printing device to alter a functionality based on the signals indicative of an amount of utilized print consumable and the signals indicative of payment for the amount of utilized print consumable. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the signals to cause the printing device to alter a functionality comprise signals to cause the printing device to add print features. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, comprising authorizing shipment of an additional amount of print consumable in response to confirming consumption and payment for the amount of utilized print consumable. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The method of claim 3, wherein the amount of utilized print consumable is consumed before a user provides payment. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The method of claim 3, comprising determining a deposit amount for the additional amount of print consumable based on the signals indicative of an amount of utilized print consumable. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, comprising canceling shipment of an additional amount of print consumable in response to one of a failure to receive the signals indicative of an amount of utilized print consumable and payment for the amount of utilized print consumable. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, comprising canceling shipment of an additional amount of print consumable in response to determining that an unknown print consumable is used by the printing device. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, comprising canceling shipment of an additional amount of print consumable in response to failure to consume the print consumable by a printing device. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, comprising determining, at the computing device, that an amount of unused print consumable is to be retrieved based on the signals indicative of one of an amount of utilized print consumable and payment for the amount of utilized print consumable. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, comprising invoicing for the amount of utilized print consumable based on the signals indicative of an amount of utilized print consumable and the signals indicative of payment for the amount of utilized print consumable. ### Claim 11 A computing device, comprising: a memory; a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor is to: receive signals indicative of an amount of utilized print consumable by a printing device and signals indicative of payment for the amount of utilized print consumable; and transmit signals to cause the printing device to alter a functionality based on the signals indicative of an amount of utilized print consumable and the signals indicative of payment for the amount of utilized print consumable. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The computing device of claim 11, wherein the signals to cause the printing device to alter a functionality comprise signals to cause the printing device to add print features. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The computing device of claim 11, wherein the processor is to: authorize shipment of an additional amount of print consumable in response to confirming consumption and payment for the amount of utilized print consumable. ### Claim 14 A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium encoded with instructions executable by a processor, the machine-readable storage medium comprising: instructions to receive signals indicative of an amount of utilized print consumable by a printing device and signals indicative of payment for the amount of utilized print consumable; and instructions to transmit signals to cause the printing device to alter a functionality based on the signals indicative of an amount of utilized print consumable and the signals indicative of payment for the amount of utilized print consumable. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The machine-readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein the signals to cause the printing device to alter a functionality comprise signals to cause the printing device to add print features.