US 12,149,666 B2
Printing system executing two or more target jobs in response to completion of settlement of total fee
Shunsuke Minamikawa, Nagoya (JP); Haruka Azechi, Nagoya (JP); Yushi Deura, Nagoya (JP); Tetsuya Okuno, Nagoya (JP); and Ayaka Hotta, Kitanagoya (JP)
Assigned to BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya (JP)
Filed by BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya (JP)
Filed on Sep. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/935,719.
Application 17/935,719 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2021/010552, filed on Mar. 16, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-064940 (JP), filed on Mar. 31, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0020402 A1, Jan. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 1/34 (2006.01); G06F 3/12 (2006.01)
CPC H04N 1/342 (2013.01) [G06F 3/1207 (2013.01); G06F 3/1238 (2013.01); G06F 3/1267 (2013.01); G06F 2206/1504 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A printing system comprising:
a printer comprising a printing mechanism configured to perform printing, and a first communication interface; and
a data processing server comprising a second communication interface,
the printing system being configured to perform:
storing a plurality of print jobs in a storage;
generating a plurality of pieces of job identification information identifying respective ones of the plurality of print jobs stored in the storage; and
receiving selections of two or more print jobs to be executed as two or more target jobs from among the plurality of print jobs stored in the storage,
wherein the data processing server is configured to perform:
determining a total fee to be charged for executing the two or more target jobs;
generating one piece of group identification information in response to determination of the total fee, the one piece of group identification information being associated with two or more pieces of job identification information for identifying respective ones of the two or more target jobs among the plurality of pieces of job identification information so that the one piece of group identification information is associated with the total fee for executing the two or more target jobs;
a settlement related process related to settlement of the determined total fee, wherein the settlement related process comprises:
a payment reservation process to transmit, to a transaction server, the one piece of group identification information and information on the total fee associated with the one piece of group identification information and confirmation location for confirming a payment of the total fee, to cause the transaction server to transmit a payment location;
receiving from the transaction server the payment location;
generating a code encoding the payment location received from the transaction server;
transmitting the code via the second communication interface to the printer, and
wherein the printer is configured to perform executing the two or more target jobs to print images by using the printing mechanism in response to completion of settlement of the total fee, and
wherein in the printing the two or more print jobs are executed in response to the completion of settlement of the total fee, which is associated with the one piece of group identification information, on the transaction server.