Patents by Inventor Satoshi JOBETTO

Satoshi JOBETTO 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).

  • Patent number: 11524504
    Abstract: A service printer includes a printer printing unit that executes a print function, a scanning unit that executes a scan function, a printer communication unit that acquires, from a service providing server that provides a delivery service of delivering ink, status information indicating at least one of the status of a contract for use of the delivery service and the status of payment of the usage fee for the delivery service, and a printer controller that enables or disables execution of the print function and execution of the scan function based on at least one of the contract status and the payment status that are indicated by the status information acquired by the printer communication unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Ikumi Watanabe, Mikio Nagahara, Satoshi Jobetto, Hiroshi Kaiho
  • Patent number: 11295369
    Abstract: A service providing server providing a delivery service delivering ink includes an obtaining section configured to obtain first use information associated with use of the delivery service by a first user, a determination section configured to determine a corresponding charge plan which is one of charge plans of the delivery service corresponding to the first use information obtained by the obtaining section based on the first use information obtained by the obtaining section, second use information associated with use of the delivery service by a second user, and a selected charge plan which is one of the charge plans of the delivery service selected by the second user, and a display controller configured to display corresponding charge plan information indicating the corresponding charge plan determined by the determination section in a terminal device of the first user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Jobetto, Ikumi Watanabe, Mikio Nagahara, Hiroshi Kaiho
  • Publication number: 20210158427
    Abstract: A service providing server providing a delivery service delivering ink includes an obtaining section configured to obtain first use information associated with use of the delivery service by a first user, a determination section configured to determine a corresponding charge plan which is one of charge plans of the delivery service corresponding to the first use information obtained by the obtaining section based on the first use information obtained by the obtaining section, second use information associated with use of the delivery service by a second user, and a selected charge plan which is one of the charge plans of the delivery service selected by the second user, and a display controller configured to display corresponding charge plan information indicating the corresponding charge plan determined by the determination section in a terminal device of the first user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Satoshi Jobetto, Ikumi Watanabe, Mikio Nagahara, Hiroshi Kaiho
  • Publication number: 20210122165
    Abstract: A service printer includes a printer printing unit that executes a print function, a scanning unit that executes a scan function, a printer communication unit that acquires, from a service providing server that provides a delivery service of delivering ink, status information indicating at least one of the status of a contract for use of the delivery service and the status of payment of the usage fee for the delivery service, and a printer controller that enables or disables execution of the print function and execution of the scan function based on at least one of the contract status and the payment status that are indicated by the status information acquired by the printer communication unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: Ikumi WATANABE, Mikio NAGAHARA, Satoshi JOBETTO, Hiroshi KAIHO
  • Publication number: 20190354325
    Abstract: A device management server that manages a plurality of devices includes a receiving unit that receives consumables information on a status of consumables in the devices, a first determination unit that determines whether or not a first device needing replacement of the consumables is included in the devices, a second determination unit that, when the first device is included in the devices, determines whether or not a second device needing replacement of the consumables is included in the devices other than the first device, and a delivery instruction unit that, when the second device is included in the devices, provides an instruction to deliver a replenishment item of the consumables needed by the first device for replacement and a replenishment item of the consumables needed by the second device for replacement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: Eriko SONEHARA, Norihiko YAMADA, Koki TOGASHI, Satoshi JOBETTO