US 11,809,762 B2
Information processing system and management apparatus
Shigeyoshi Miyazawa, Matsumoto (JP); Takaaki Chikushi, Suginami-ku (JP); Hiroyuki Kuramoto, Shiojiri (JP); Haruo Inoue, Matsumoto (JP); and Koji Nakashima, Matsumoto (JP)
Assigned to SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jan. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/570,752.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-004178 (JP), filed on Jan. 14, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0222020 A1, Jul. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 3/12 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/1229 (2013.01) [G06F 3/1207 (2013.01); G06F 3/1219 (2013.01); G06F 3/1288 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An information processing system for providing a printing service using a target printer, comprising:
a first printer to be a target for the printing service, wherein the first printer is a printer provided to a contractor who signed a use contract of the printing service;
a second printer not to be the target for the printing service, wherein the second printer is different from the first printer;
a first management apparatus configured to manage a printable amount, the printable amount being an amount of prints printable by the first printer in the printing service; and
when printing is performed by the second printer, a second management apparatus configured to:
identify a contractor ID of the contractor based on printing result information of the second printer, wherein the printing result information indicates printing results of the second printer;
perform reduction processing, for reducing the printable amount managed by the first printer for the identified contractor ID, based on the printing results of the second printer, wherein the printable amount of the first printer is reduced by a number of printed sheets indicated by the printing results of the second printer; and
perform point providing processing for providing points in accordance with the printing results of the second printer to a user of the second printer.