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Granted Patent B2
US 11,983,448 · App. 17/725,625 · Granted May 14, 2024

Non-transitory computer-readable storage medium and control device for conditional notification

Inventor: Masashi Miyazaki (Nagoya, JP)
Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
G06F3/121G03G15/553G06F3/1229G06F3/1235G06Q30/0207G06Q30/0235
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Patent No.
US 11,983,448
App. No.
17/725,625
Granted
May 14, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A control device controls a notification regarding a consumable. The control device has an acquisition unit which acquires remaining amount data regarding a remaining amount of a consumable in a printer, a calculation unit which calculates a predicted execution time, at which predetermined processing relating to replenishment of the consumable is executed, with using the remaining amount data, a determination unit which determines whether a first specific condition is satisfied, with using a plurality of information including a period for discount sale of the consumable and the predicted execution time, and a notification unit which performs processing for notifying a user of first information including information regarding the discount sale of the consumable, in a case where it is determined that the first specific condition is satisfied.

Claims (34)

1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program for a computer configured to control a notification regarding a consumable, the computer program comprising instructions that, when executed, cause the computer to perform:

acquiring remaining amount data regarding a remaining amount of a consumable in a printer;

calculating a predicted execution time, at which predetermined processing relating to replenishment of the consumable is executed, with using the remaining amount data;

determining whether a first specific condition is satisfied, with using a plurality of information including a period for discount sale of the consumable and the predicted execution time; and

processing for notifying a user of first information including information regarding the discount sale of the consumable, in a case where it is determined that the first specific condition is satisfied.

2. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first specific condition includes a condition that the period for the discount sale of the consumable expires before the predicted execution time.

3. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 1 ,

wherein the printer is configured to print an image with using L varieties of consumables, in which L is an integer equal to or larger than 1,

wherein the remaining amount data relates to L remaining amounts of the L varieties of consumables,

wherein the first specific condition is satisfied in a case where a first discount condition including a condition that a price by the discount sale of N selling products, in which N is an integer equal to or larger than 2, consisting of one or more varieties of consumables among the L varieties of consumables is cheaper than a price of a set of the N selling products is satisfied, and

wherein the information regarding the discount sale of the consumable included in the first information includes information regarding the discount sale of the N selling products.

4. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first specific condition includes a condition that the user does not have a stock of a consumable to be notified.

5. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 1 ,

wherein the remaining amount data indicates a remaining amount of the consumable, and

wherein the first specific condition includes a condition that the remaining amount of the consumable is equal to or less than a remaining amount threshold value.

6. A control device configured to control a notification regarding a consumable, the control device comprising:

an acquisition unit configured to acquire remaining amount data regarding a remaining amount of a consumable in a printer;

a calculation unit configured to calculate a predicted execution time, at which predetermined processing relating to replenishment of the consumable is executed, with using the remaining amount data;

a determination unit configured to determine whether a first specific condition is satisfied, with using a plurality of information including a period for discount sale of the consumable and the predicted execution time; and

a notification unit configured to perform processing for notifying a user of first information including information regarding the discount sale of the consumable, in a case where it is determined that the first specific condition is satisfied.

7. The control device according to claim 6 ,

wherein the first specific condition includes a condition that the period for the discount sale of the consumable expires before the predicted execution time.

8. The control device according to claim 6 ,

wherein the printer is configured to print an image with using L varieties of consumables, in which L is an integer equal to or larger than 1,

wherein the remaining amount data relates to L remaining amounts of the L varieties of consumables,

wherein the first specific condition is satisfied in a case where a first discount condition including a condition that a price by the discount sale of N selling products, in which N is an integer equal to or larger than 2, consisting of one or more varieties of consumables among the L varieties of consumables is cheaper than a price of a set of the N selling products is satisfied, and

wherein the information regarding the discount sale of the consumable included in the first information includes information regarding the discount sale of the N selling products.

9. The control device according to claim 6 ,

wherein the first specific condition includes a condition that the user does not have a stock of a consumable to be notified.

10. The control device according to claim 6 ,

wherein the remaining amount data indicates a remaining amount of the consumable, and

wherein the first specific condition includes a condition that the remaining amount of the consumable is equal to or less than a remaining amount threshold value.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 21, 2022
From: MIYAZAKI, MASASHI
To: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-076059 · Apr 28, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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