Brother Kogyo Kabushiki-kaisha

Other

Yuki Yada

Munehisa Matsuda

Takeshi Miyake

Yohei Maekawa

Kiyotaka Ohara

Masafumi Miyazawa

Tetsuya Okuno

Satoru Yanagi

Hideki Nogawa

Katsunori Enomoto

Satoshi Matsushita

Kyohei Mori

Koki Izumi

A management system includes a first communication device configured to access a cloud storage, and a second communication device that is configured to access the cloud storage and is communicably connected to a first terminal device or provided in a second terminal device. The first communication device is configured to execute a first writing processing of writing task request data into the cloud storage, and a first acquisition processing of acquiring terminal data from the cloud storage in response to arrival of a first acquisition timing. The second communication device is configured to execute a second acquisition processing of acquiring the task request data from the cloud storage in response to arrival of a second acquisition timing, and a second writing processing of acquiring the terminal data from the management target and write the terminal data into the cloud storage.

Management system, management method, management program, and installation program

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing management program executable by a computer provided in an information processing device. The management program causes the computer to execute a process which includes determining whether a cloud access function is enabled in a terminal device, setting the terminal device as a management target in a case where it is determined that the cloud access function is not enabled in the determining; and performing at least one of acquiring terminal data that is included in the management target from the management target and writing the acquired terminal data into the cloud storage, or reading processing request data that is written into the cloud storage and indicates a processing to be executed by the management target from the cloud storage and causing the management target to execute the processing indicated by the processing request data.

Management program, information processing device, and management method

An information processing device may acquire, from each of a plurality of printers, remaining amount information related to a remaining amount of colorant in the printer and display a remaining amount screen which includes remaining amount objects each corresponding to respective one of the plurality of printers using a plurality of the acquired remaining amount information. A first-type remaining amount object corresponding to a first-type printer including a tank may include a first cartridge object and a tank object. A second-type remaining amount object corresponding to a second-type printer not including a tank may include a second cartridge object. In a predetermined direction, a position of the tank object corresponding to an unprintable remaining amount in the first-type remaining amount object and a position of the second cartridge object corresponding to the unprintable remaining amount in the second-type remaining amount object may be same as each other.

Non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing computer-readable instructions for information processing device, information processing device, and method executed by information processing device

A management system includes a first communication device and a second communication device. The second communication device is configured to execute a terminal information acquisition process of acquiring terminal information related to terminal devices and a writing process of writing execution information into a cloud storage in response to execution of the terminal information acquisition process. The execution information includes the terminal information and is related to the terminal information acquisition process. The first communication device is configured to execute an execution information acquisition process of acquiring, from the cloud storage, the execution information and an error determination process of determining whether an error state occurs based on the execution information. The error state indicates that one piece of the terminal information of the terminal devices included in the execution information may not correspond to an execution timing of the execution information acquisition process.

Management system, computer readable medium, and management method

First information about a remaining amount of a first printing material in a first cartridge is acquired, second information about to a remaining amount of a second printing material in a second cartridge is acquired, and display screen data is generated. The display screen data indicates a display screen including a first display image including a first object and a second object for displaying a first value based on the first information and a third object for displaying a second value based on the second information. The first and third objects indicate a value corresponding to a state where a printing material remains in the cartridges, and the second object indicates a value corresponding to remaining of the first printing material in a tank connected to the first cartridge. The first and third objects are displayed in a first area, and the second object is displayed in a second area.

Non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, management apparatus and management method

A communication device may include: a memory configured to store management information in which, for each of a plurality of OIDs of a MIB, the OID and a setting value are associated with each other; and a controller, wherein the controller may be configured to: receive a setting command which conforms to TCP; write the setting value included in the setting command to the management information in association with the OID included in the setting command; and send a response command which conforms to the TCP. In a case where the setting command including a first OID and a first setting value is received, the controller may be configured to: write the first setting value to the management information in association with the first OID after the response command has been sent, and send the response command before the first setting value is written to the management information.

Communication device, non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing computer-readable instructions for communication device, and method performed by communication device

An information processing device according to aspects of the present disclosures is configured to obtain remaining amount information indicating a remaining amount of consumables from a managed device through the communication device, obtain forecast information indicating an estimated consumed amount of the consumables in a particular period from an information source in which the forecast information is registered, determine whether a remaining amount of the consumables becomes less than a particular determination criteria value within the particular period based on the remaining amount information and the forecast information, and display a management screen on the display, the management screen being a screen displaying a status object indicating a status of the consumables, of which the remaining amount is determined to become lower than the particular determination criteria value, in association with the managed device.

Information processing device, information processing method, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium therefor capable of managing amount of consumables of a managed device

A non-transitory storage medium stores instructions executable by a processor of a communication apparatus configured to communicate with a function executing device. The communication apparatus includes a communication device and a database. The instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the communication apparatus to execute: a determination processing in which the communication apparatus determines whether there is a device list in the database at an initial start of the communication apparatus, the device list being a list of at least one function executing device; a search processing in which the communication apparatus searches for the function executing device communicable with the communication apparatus when the communication apparatus determines in the determination processing that there is not the device list in the database; and a creation processing in which the communication apparatus creates the device list based on a result of the search processing.

Non-transitory storage medium storing instructions executable by communication apparatus, the communication apparatus, and list creating method

Instructions in a non-transitory storage medium cause a communication apparatus to execute a display processing for displaying an information display screen that displays information relating to at least one of function executing devices. In the display processing, the communication apparatus: displays a group list and a device list on the information display screen; when one group in the displayed group list is selected, switches a display of the device list to display at least one function executing device belonging to the selected group without displaying at least one function executing device not belonging to the selected group; and when at least one function executing device being on the device list is selected, displays information relating to the selected function executing device, on an information region in the information display screen with a group-list region for displaying the group list and a device-list region for displaying the device list.

Non-transitory storage medium storing instructions executable by communication apparatus, the communication apparatus, and display method

A non-transitory storage medium stores instructions executable by a processor of a communication apparatus configured to communicate with a function executing device. The communication apparatus includes a communication device and a display. When executed by the processor, the instructions cause the communication apparatus to execute: a display processing for controlling the display to display an information display screen containing a first input region for input of authentication information; and a transmission processing in which the communication apparatus transmits one set of the authentication information input to the first input region, to function executing devices each as the function executing device, and when each of the function executing devices has succeeded in authentication of the authentication information, each of the function executing devices executes a function instructed by the communication apparatus.

A non-transitory storage medium stores instructions executable by an information processing apparatus. The plurality of instructions causes the information processing apparatus to perform: setting a type of a task for execution of a processing relating to a function executing apparatus; identifying the function executing apparatus communicable with the information processing apparatus; determining whether the identified function executing apparatus satisfies a particular condition; when the identified function executing apparatus satisfies the particular condition, causing the function executing apparatus satisfying the particular condition and/or the information processing apparatus to perform the task of the set type; and when the identified function executing apparatus does not satisfy the particular condition, not causing the function executing apparatus determined in the third processing not to satisfy the particular condition and the information processing apparatus to perform the task of the set type.

Non-transitory storage medium storing instructions executable by information processing apparatus communicable with function executing apparatus, and the information processing apparatus

In a printer, an accommodating portion accommodates printing agent supplied from a first cartridge. A print execution device prints with the printing agent supplied from the accommodating portion. A processor acquires first information concerning a residual quantity of the printing agent remaining in the first cartridge. The processor acquires second information concerning a preparation of a second cartridge to be replaced with the first cartridge. If the residual quantity is below a reference quantity and if the second information is acquired, the processor allows the print execution device to perform printing under a cartridge removed state where the first cartridge is removed from the mount portion. If the residual quantity is larger than or equal to the reference quantity or if the second information is not acquired, the processor prohibits the print execution device from printing under the cartridge removed state.

Printer having accommodating portion for accommodating printing agent supplied from cartridge

There is provided a function execution apparatus which, when a wireless connection request is received from a specific device in a specific state where wireless connections are established between the function execution apparatus and N devices which are an upper limit number of devices, transmits an inquiry signal to each of K devices among the N devices to inquire whether each device which is a final transmission destination of the inquiry signal activates a specific application program for causing the function execution apparatus to execute a specific function; select a target device, for which the wireless connection is to be disconnected, among the K devices based on a result of the inquiry; disconnect a wireless connection with the target device; and establish a wireless connection with the specific device after the wireless connection with the target device is disconnected.

Function execution apparatus

A management device may be connected with a specific device via a network, and cause the specific device to update a plurality of programs. The management device may transmit a first program of the plurality of programs by using an IP address as a transmission destination. The management device may confirm whether the IP address of the specific device has changed since transmitting the first program by utilizing identification information for identifying the specific device. The management device may transmit a second program of the plurality of programs to the specific device by using the IP address when confirming that the IP address has not changed, or by using a changed IP address when confirming that the IP address has changed.

Management device for causing specific device to update programs and computer readable media

A printer may receive a predetermined notification from a print mediation server. The predetermined notification may be a notification to be sent to the printer by the print mediation server when the print mediation server has stored specific print data and specific condition data indicating a specific print condition to a storage unit according to an instruction from a terminal device. The printer may acquire the specific print data and the specific condition data from the storage unit in a case where the predetermined notification is received. The printer may cause a print executing unit to execute printing of an image represented by the specific data according to the specific print condition indicated by the specific condition data.

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Yuki Yada