Directing post-sale supplies revenue to original dealer
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsGary Martin Davis, David Rocco Arden Campbell
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Abstract
A method and system of marketing a consumable may include alerting a customer, via a printer status application, to the status of a consumable in a printing device. A printer identifier may be identified for the printing device via the printer status application. Information about a plurality of product selling entities and associations between each entity and one or more printer identifiers may be maintained in a computer-readable medium. The product selling entity that corresponds to the printer identifier may be determined. The customer may be directed to the product selling entity.
Claims12
A method of marketing a consumable comprising:
- displaying an alert, via a printer status application, to a customer, wherein the alert comprises a status of a consumable in a printing device and a navigation element;
- identifying, via the printer status application, a printer identifier for the printing device;
- maintaining, in a computer-readable storage medium, information about a plurality of product selling entities and associations between each product selling entity and one or more printer identifiers;
- in response to receiving a selection of the navigation element by the customer:
- determining whether the printer identifier is associated with a product selling entity by accessing the computer-readable storage medium,
- in response to the printer identifier being associated with a product selling entity, automatically displaying a webpage associated with the product selling entity,
- in response to the printer identifier not being associated with a product selling entity:
- receiving a selection of a product selling entity from the customer;
- associating the selected product selling entity with the printer identifier, and
- storing the association in the computer-readable storage medium.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.