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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2020
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Takahiro Sakamoto, Yokohama, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A server system obtains instruction information based on voice data transmitted by a voice control device that receives an instruction by voice, obtains information related to a printing apparatus, performs a determination related to a function of the printing apparatus in accordance with the obtained information, and transmits an operation request based on the obtained instruction information to the printing apparatus. In a case where the instruction information corresponding to a print instruction has been obtained, a print request as the operation request is transmitted to the printer, and in a case where the instruction information corresponding to a maintenance instruction has been obtained, a maintenance request as the operation request is transmitted to the printer if the printer has a function that is able to accept the maintenance request from the server system based on the determination.