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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2023
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Shuji Yonekubo, Matsumoto, JP;
Shigenori Nakagawa, Tatsuno-machi, JP;
Yoshihisa Horikawa, Shiojiri, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A cartridge provision system includes a printer that ejects liquid (recording material) supplied from a cartridge onto a print medium; and a serverthat manages a provision of the cartridge to a user of the printer, wherein the servermanages vendor inventory data, which is data that associated an inventory of the cartridge held by a sales company who provisions the cartridge to the user with expiration date of the cartridge, and a location data, which indicates the location of the user, and determines, when the sales company provisions the cartridge to the user, which expiration date of the cartridge should be provided from the inventory of the cartridge held by the sales company based on the vendor inventory dataand the location data