Patents by Inventor Hiroto TSUKIOKA

Hiroto TSUKIOKA has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Printing system and control method therefor
    Patent number: 11962726
    Abstract: A printing system includes an administrator terminal, a user terminal, and a processor that provides a printing service related to a printer configured to be used by the user terminal, in which the processor transmits, based on an expiration date of a contract for the printing service, request information for requesting response information to the administrator terminal and transmits notification information to the user terminal when continuation processing for the contract is not executed based on the response information from the administrator terminal, the user terminal transmits, based on the notification information, inquiry information for inquiring about continuation of the contract to the administrator terminal, the administrator terminal transmits, based on the inquiry information, continuation information for continuing the contract to the processor, and the processor executes, based on the continuation information, the continuation processing and grants permission to use the printing service to the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daiki Kobayashi, Hiroto Tsukioka
  • PRINTING SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR
    Publication number: 20240073329
    Abstract: A printing system includes an administrator terminal, a user terminal, and a processor that provides a printing service related to a printer configured to be used by the user terminal, in which the processor transmits, based on an expiration date of a contract for the printing service, request information for requesting response information to the administrator terminal and transmits notification information to the user terminal when continuation processing for the contract is not executed based on the response information from the administrator terminal, the user terminal transmits, based on the notification information, inquiry information for inquiring about continuation of the contract to the administrator terminal, the administrator terminal transmits, based on the inquiry information, continuation information for continuing the contract to the processor, and the processor executes, based on the continuation information, the continuation processing and grants permission to use the printing service to the
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Daiki KOBAYASHI, Hiroto TSUKIOKA