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Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2022

Filed:

Dec. 16, 2020
Applicant:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Nobuhiro Ogawa, Chiba, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/12 (2006.01); G06Q 30/06 (2012.01); G06Q 10/08 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/1229 (2013.01); G06F 3/121 (2013.01); G06F 3/1203 (2013.01); G06F 3/1293 (2013.01); G06Q 10/087 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0633 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0641 (2013.01);
Abstract

An information processing apparatus comprises: an acquisition unit configured to acquire resource information concerning a remaining amount of a consumable from an image output apparatus; a generation unit configured to generate notification information indicating a quantity or amount of the consumable based on the resource information acquired from the image output apparatus; and a notification unit configured to make a notification of the notification information generated by the generation unit. The acquisition unit acquires the resource information of a plurality of types of consumables from each of a first image output apparatus and a second image output apparatus. The generation unit generates the corresponding notification information for each of the plurality of types based on the acquired resource information. The notification unit makes a notification of the notification information for each of the plurality of types.


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