公开(公告)号：US20220075582A1

公开(公告)日：2022-03-10

申请号：US17447080

申请日：2021-09-08

Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION

Inventor： Yuma KITAHARA ,  Ryosuke KAKIO ,  Takashi SERA ,  Yosuke KAWAKAMI

IPC: G06F3/12 ,  H04L12/58

Abstract: A print control server that controls printing via an SNS includes a display controller that causes, when a printer registration request is received from an account of a user of the SNS, an SNS server that manages the SNS to display, on a terminal device operated by the user, an input screen on which an e-mail address that uniquely identifies a printer is entered, an acquisition unit that acquires the e-mail address entered on the input screen, and a registration unit that refers to a database which specifies, in advance, a correspondence relationship with an e-mail address with respect to a plurality of printers and that registers, when the e-mail address acquired by the acquisition unit matches any e-mail address specified in the database, the account in association with the printer identified by the e-mail address acquired by the acquisition unit.

公开(公告)号：US20220075578A1

公开(公告)日：2022-03-10

申请号：US17447079

申请日：2021-09-08

Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION

Inventor： Yosuke KAWAKAMI ,  Ryosuke KAKIO ,  Takashi SERA ,  Yuma KITAHARA

IPC: G06F3/12

Abstract: A print control server that controls printing through an SNS includes a registration section configured to register, in association with each other, a first account that is an account of a user of a first SNS and print setting information including designation information of a printer to be used for printing. The registration section accepts a designation of the first account and a designation of a second account that is an account of a user of a second SNS and that is to be a share destination of a print setting, and registers the print setting information associated with the first account also in association with the second account.

公开(公告)号：US20220261198A1

公开(公告)日：2022-08-18

申请号：US17650912

申请日：2022-02-14

Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION

Inventor： Shinichi TSURUYAMA ,  Takashi SERA ,  Masaki FUKIAGE

IPC: G06F3/12 ,  G06F3/16

Abstract: A printing system includes a printing device; and a server connected to the printing device via a network. The server includes: an instruction acquisition unit that acquires an instruction verbally given by a user from a voice mediation device, the instruction including a print instruction; a transmitter that transmits print data based on the acquired print instruction to the printing device; a storage that stores a history of printing based on the print instruction in association with identification information of the user; and a management unit that generates management information to manage the printing by the user based on the history in association with the identification information. The transmitter transmits the generated management information to a notification destination. The printing device receives the print data, and performs printing in accordance with the print data.

公开(公告)号：US20180075088A1

公开(公告)日：2018-03-15

申请号：US15701129

申请日：2017-09-11

Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION

Inventor： Michiaki KANEDA ,  Takashi SERA ,  Yusuke NAKAJIMA ,  Shingo SAITO

IPC: G06F17/30

CPC classification number: G06F16/2379 ,  G06F16/217 ,  G06F16/2343 ,  G06F16/27

Abstract: Updating a database is accelerated. A device management device manages a device having a database, and includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire database state information from the device; and an updating unit configured to send update data for updating the database to the device, and cause the device to update the database based on the update data. The updating unit selectively executes, based on the database state information, a first updating process of sequentially sending the updated portions of the update data to the device to change the updated portions of the database; or a second updating process of sending all of the update data to the device to refresh the complete database.

公开(公告)号：US20250119397A1

公开(公告)日：2025-04-10

申请号：US18909101

申请日：2024-10-08

Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION

Inventor： Kohei YAMAMOTO ,  Takashi SERA ,  Masayuki KOBAYASHI ,  Katsuhito KITAHARA

IPC: H04L51/02 ,  G06F3/12 ,  H04L51/18

Abstract: A print control device includes: a posting unit configured to post information about printing in a chat room; and a change instruction acquisition unit configured to acquire a change instruction inputted to the chat room and giving an instruction to change a posting language used in the chat t room, and when the change instruction is acquired, the posting unit changes the posting language from a first language used before the change instruction is acquired, to a second language, and then performs posting.

公开(公告)号：US20250063122A1

公开(公告)日：2025-02-20

申请号：US18802467

申请日：2024-08-13

Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION

Inventor： Kohei YAMAMOTO ,  Takashi SERA ,  Masayuki KOBAYASHI ,  Katsuhito KITAHARA

IPC: H04N1/00 ,  H04L51/046

Abstract: A print control device includes: a post acquisition unit configured to acquire a first URL posted in a chat room; a file acquisition unit configured to acquire a file; an encode processing unit configured to encode an encodable character; and a print control unit configured to cause an image forming device to execute printing of the acquired file, wherein the encode processing unit encodes an encodable character except a predetermined character in a character string of the first URL, and the file acquisition unit acquires a file indicated by a second URL formed by encoding the encodable character except the predetermined character in the character string of the first URL.

公开(公告)号：US20200344364A1

公开(公告)日：2020-10-29

申请号：US16855382

申请日：2020-04-22

Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION

Inventor： Takashi SERA ,  Hirofumi MIYAMOTO ,  Ryosuke KAKIO

IPC: H04N1/00 ,  G06F3/12

Abstract: A second server apparatus that communicates with a printer that performs a print job and a smartphone that executes an application program of an SNS includes an acquisition unit that acquires print instruction information from the SNS, a job generation unit that generates the print job based on the print instruction information acquired by the acquisition unit, a notification unit that notifies the SNS of response information indicating that the print instruction information was accepted and job identification information for identifying the print job, a job transmission unit that transmits the print job to the printer, and a status acquisition unit that acquires status information indicating an execution status of the print job, and the notification unit notifies the SNS of the status information indicating the execution status of the print job acquired by the status acquisition unit and the job identification information.

公开(公告)号：US20240311063A1

公开(公告)日：2024-09-19

申请号：US18605568

申请日：2024-03-14

Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION

Inventor： Takashi SERA ,  Kohei YAMAMOTO ,  Katsuhito KITAHARA ,  Masayuki KOBAYASHI ,  Masahiko MIZUTA

IPC: G06F3/12

CPC classification number: G06F3/1239 ,  G06F3/1207 ,  G06F3/121 ,  G06F3/1234 ,  G06F3/1288 ,  G06F3/1286 ,  G06F3/1287

Abstract: A server device includes: a communication unit configured to be able to communicate with a terminal device via an SNS server device providing a social networking service; and a controller configured to be able to control whether printing is available at a printing device or not. The controller receives a second print instruction at a second time point after receiving a first print instruction at a first time point by the communication unit, and makes printing based on the second print instruction unavailable at the printing device when it is determined that a time period from the first time point to the second time point is shorter than a predetermined time period.

公开(公告)号：US20220236928A1

公开(公告)日：2022-07-28

申请号：US17648773

申请日：2022-01-24

Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation

Inventor： Takashi SERA ,  Shinichi TSURUYAMA ,  Masaki FUKIAGE ,  Ryosuke KAKIO

IPC: G06F3/12 ,  G06F3/16

Abstract: A printing system includes: a printing device; and a server connected to the printing device via a network. The server includes a print instruction acquisition unit that acquires a print instruction by voice from a voice mediation device and a transmitter that transmits to the printing device print data for printing content based on the print instruction among printable content. The printing device receives the print data, and performs printing in accordance with the print data. The print instruction includes a list print instruction for printing a list of at least part of the printable content. When the list print instruction is acquired, the transmitter transmits list data for printing the list to the printing device. The printing device receives the list data, and prints the list in accordance with the list data.

公开(公告)号：US20220091802A1

公开(公告)日：2022-03-24

申请号：US17480428

申请日：2021-09-21

Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation

Inventor： Ryosuke KAKIO ,  Takashi SERA ,  Yosuke KAWAKAMI ,  Yuma KITAHARA

IPC: G06F3/12 ,  H04L12/58

Abstract: A print control server includes a detector that detects a print instruction or a setting instruction entered by the user in the chat system provided by the SNS, a print controller that executes printing using a printer in accordance with the print instruction or configures a setting relating to the printer in accordance with the setting instruction, and a manager that associates identification information of the user with a privilege of the user in the chat system and stores the identification information and the privilege of the user. The print controller references the information stored by the manager to identify the privilege associated with the identification information of the user who has entered the print instruction or the setting instruction, and limits, based on the identified privilege, the printing to be executed in accordance with the print instruction or the setting to be configured in accordance with the setting instruction.