Patents by Inventor Sho NOGUCHI

Sho NOGUCHI 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).

  • NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING COMPUTER-READABLE INSTRUCTIONS FOR SERVER THAT PROVIDES SERVICE RELATED TO PRINTER, METHOD EXECUTED BY SERVER THAT PROVIDES SERVICE RELATED TO PRINTER, AND SERVER PROVIDING SERVICE RELATED TO PRINTER
    Publication number: 20230166519
    Abstract: A server may receive, from a terminal device, user identification information and a service request for requesting that provision of the service be started and receive, from a printer, cartridge information indicating a type of a cartridge currently attached in the printer. The server may, in a case where the user identification information and the service request are received from the terminal device and the cartridge information indicates a first type of cartridge supplied with the printer at time of sale of the printer, grant a first benefit to a user identified by the user identification information. In a case where the user identification information and the service request are received from the terminal device and the cartridge information indicates a second type of cartridge that was not supplied with the printer at the time of sale of the printer, the first benefit may not be granted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2022
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventor: Sho NOGUCHI
  • Server for receiving remaining amount information, printer for sending remaining amount information, and non-transitory computer-readable recording media storing computer readable instructions for server and printer
    Patent number: 11647126
    Abstract: A server may receive remaining amount information related to a remaining amount of color material in a first color material cartridge from a printer on which the first color material cartridge is mounted, and send specific information to an external device in a case where the remaining amount of the color material in the first color material cartridge indicated by the remaining amount information is equal to or less than a first remaining amount threshold. The specific information is for changing a state of the printer from a state in which the printing process by using a second color material cartridge to be mounted is restricted to a state in which the printing process by using the second color material cartridge is permitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Sho Noguchi, Tomohiro Inagaki
  • SERVER, PRINTER, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIA STORING COMPUTER READABLE INSTRUCTIONS FOR SERVER AND PRINTER
    Publication number: 20210368047
    Abstract: A server may receive remaining amount information related to a remaining amount of color material in a first color material cartridge from a printer on which the first color material cartridge is mounted, and send specific information to an external device in a case where the remaining amount of the color material in the first color material cartridge indicated by the remaining amount information is equal to or less than a first remaining amount threshold. The specific information is for changing a state of the printer from a state in which the printing process by using a second color material cartridge to be mounted is restricted to a state in which the printing process by using the second color material cartridge is permitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Sho NOGUCHI, Tomohiro INAGAKI