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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2021
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Daisuke Yamazaki, Tokyo, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Management is performed by using a contract number, a model, a device ID, and data for managing the number of printed sheets as the contract device, a task for acquiring information necessary for management as the contract device is generated in response to a detection of a new device corresponding to a contract, a device search is performed via a network, and information necessary for management as the contract device is acquired from a new device according to the task in response to a detection if the new device corresponding to a model managed as the contract device is detected by the search. Additionally, a device ID of the contract device and data for managing the number of printed sheets are updated and managed by using the information acquired from the new device in response to the detection of the new device.