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US 7,352,974 B2Granted
Diagnostic device, diagnostic system, diagnostic method, program and storage medium
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorNaoki Yamazaki
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AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorNaoki Yamazaki
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A diagnostic system that effectively presents optimum products to the users by effectively using information about the use history of an image forming apparatus used by the users and other information specific to the image forming apparatus that may be stored in advance. The diagnostic system includes a management device that receives and manages management information including at least information of print volume of an image forming apparatus for a predetermined period, a determination device that determines an optimum image forming apparatus based on the information of print volume in the predetermined period managed by the management device, and a notification device that notifies information indicative of the optimum image forming apparatus determined by the determination device to an information processing apparatus that is capable of communication via a communication line.
A diagnostic method carried out in a diagnostic system capable of communicating with an information processing apparatus, said method comprising:
A diagnostic system capable of communicating with an information processing apparatus, said system comprising:
A computer-readable medium storing a program that, when executed by a computer, causes the computer to execute a diagnostic method carried out in a diagnostic system capable of communicating with an information processing apparatus, the method comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.