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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2018
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Yu Tomioka, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The server of the present invention includes one or more processors operating to: acquire first identification information to identify an image processing apparatus and second identification information to identify a source of purchase of a consumable item used by the image processing apparatus, which are transmitted from an external device; store the acquired second identification information transmitted from the external device in a storage medium in association with the first identification information; acquire the first identification information transmitted from the image processing apparatus; determine whether the acquired first identification information transmitted from the image processing apparatus is stored in the storage medium; and start a predetermined service to make an order for the consumable item with the source of purchase in a case where the first identification information transmitted from the image processing apparatus is stored in the storage medium.