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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2007
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2001
Kojiro Katayama, Tokyo, JP;
Shinichi Nakamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Makoto Kawashima, Kanagawa, JP;
Junichi Hirose, Sydney, AU;
Kazushi Ohmori, Chiba, JP;
Hiroyuki Hara, Kanagawa, JP;
Kojiro Katayama, Tokyo, JP;
Shinichi Nakamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Makoto Kawashima, Kanagawa, JP;
Junichi Hirose, Sydney, AU;
Kazushi Ohmori, Chiba, JP;
Hiroyuki Hara, Kanagawa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The information processing apparatus of the present invention comprises alarm means for informing an alarm to expedite the delivery of an expendable to a communication address assigned to a person in charge of distribution, in response, after the instruction for delivery according to the information on the expendable of predetermined type included in the inventory absence information received from a user base side and information for specifying the user, to reception of information indicating a decrease or absence of the inventory of the expendable of the predetermined type.