Feature or offer associated with printing device consumable item
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsGabriel Scott McDaniel, Justin Pettingill, Paul L Jeran, Jeffrey H. Luke
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Abstract
An identifier of a printing device consumable item captured by a user device is received from the user device. A feature associated with the consumable item or an offer associated with the consumable item is identified. The feature or the offer is transmitted to the user device for display on the user device. Acceptance of the feature or the offer is received. In response to receiving the acceptance of the feature or the offer, the feature is turned on or the offer is fulfilled.
Claims15
A non-transitory computer-readable data storage medium storing program code executable by a processor to perform processing comprising:
- receiving, from a user device, an identifier of a printing device consumable item captured by the user device;
- identifying a feature associated with the consumable item or an offer associated with the consumable item;
- transmitting, to the user device, the feature or the offer for display on the user device;
- receiving acceptance of the feature or the offer;
- and
- in response to receiving the acceptance of the feature or the offer, turning on the feature or fulfilling the offer.
A user device comprising:
- a display;
- input circuitry;
- a sensor;
- communication circuitry to communicate with a computing device;
- and
- control circuitry to:
- capture an identifier of a printing device consumable item via the sensor;
- transmit the identifier to the computing device;
- receive a feature associated with the consumable item or an offer associated with the consumable item from the computing device;
- and
- display the feature or the offer on the display.
A printing device comprising:
- communication circuitry to communicate with a computing device;
- printing hardware;
- control circuitry to:
- detect installation of a consumable item that the printing hardware uses for printing;
- retrieve an identifier of the consumable item from the consumable item;
- transmit the identifier to the computing device;
- receive, from the computing device, an instruction to turn on a feature associated with the consumable item;
- enable the feature;
- and
- cause the printing hardware to print using the consumable item with the enabled feature.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.