| CPC G06F 3/1229 (2013.01) [G06F 3/1203 (2013.01); G06F 3/1284 (2013.01); G06Q 10/083 (2013.01); G06Q 10/087 (2013.01)] | 7 Claims |
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1. A providing system comprising:
a recording device configured to perform recording by applying a recording material to a medium; and
a management device configured to manage provision of the recording material to a plurality of users that use the recording device, wherein
for each of the plurality of users, the management device manages user stock data and usage amount data, the user stock data being data in which a stock of the recording material held by the plurality of users is associated with a usage expiry date of the recording material, and the usage amount data indicating a usage amount of the recording material in the recording device,
the management device determines, based on the user stock data of each of the plurality of users, whether an unused recording material is present in the stock of the recording material held by each of the plurality of users, the unused recording material being the recording material remaining unused for a first period or longer from a start of holding of the recording material, and
in a case in which it is determined that the unused recording material is present in the stock of the recording material held by a first user of the plurality of users, when a period until a usage expiry date of the unused recording material is less than a first threshold value, the management device specifies, based on the user stock data and the usage amount data, a second user, of the plurality of users, to be provided with the unused recording material, the second user being different from the first user.
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