US 12,441,121 B2
System, network device, system control method, and recording medium
Yasuhisa Genda, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on May 1, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/310,296.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-076540 (JP), filed on May 6, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0356533 A1, Nov. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. B41J 2/175 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 2/17566 (2013.01) 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system that manages at least one consumable material used by a plurality of devices, the system comprising:
a memory storing instructions; and
a processor executing the instructions causing the system to:
manage information regarding the consumable material for at least one container,
acquire consumed amounts of the consumable material or remaining amounts of the consumable material from the plurality of devices using the consumable material in the respective container, and
transmit information regarding a request to deliver a new container of the consumable material to a delivery service that delivers the new container of the consumable material used by at least one device among the plurality of devices on the basis of a total amount of consumption obtained by summing the consumed amounts of the consumable material of the plurality of devices or the remaining amounts of the consumable material of the plurality of devices.