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Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2022

Filed:

Mar. 24, 2020
Applicant:

Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;

Inventor:

Hirokazu Banno, Nagoya, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/12 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01); G06Q 10/08 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/1224 (2013.01); G06F 3/1229 (2013.01); G06F 3/1231 (2013.01); H04N 1/0005 (2013.01); H04N 1/00084 (2013.01); G06F 3/121 (2013.01); G06F 3/1293 (2013.01); G06Q 10/087 (2013.01);
Abstract

A server may after a shipping process has been executed, select first device identification information from among N2 pieces of device identification information (the N2 being an integer satisfying 2≤N2≤N1) by using N2 pieces of consumable article information among N1 pieces of the consumable article information, the first device identification information identifying a first device of which consumable article is to be exchanged first. The server may send a first notification execution request to an external device, the first notification execution request being for causing the external device to execute a first notification process, and the first notification process being for notifying a user that the consumable article of the first device identified by the first device identification information is to be exchanged.


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