Non-transitory computer-readable medium for server capable of executing target service related to communication device

• US 10,643,219 B2
• Filed: 02/28/2017
• Issued: 05/05/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 02/29/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Original Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Inventors: Ohara, Kiyotaka
• Primary Examiner(s): Wang, Liang Che A
• Assistant Examiner(s): Huang, Kaylee J
• Application Number:
  US15/444,614
• Publication Number:
  US 20170249641A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,162 Days
• Field of Search: 709225, 709222, 709223, 709219
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1204 resulting in reduced user or operator actions, e.g. presetting, automatic actions, using hardware token storing data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1235 caused by end of consumables, e.g. paper, ink, toner
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1285 Remote printer device, e.g. being remote from client or server
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/012 Providing warranty services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/141 Setup of application sessions admission control or resource allocation in data switching networks H04L47/70

Abstract

A server may receive a first registration request including a first code from the communication device, the first code having been stored in advance in the communication device, if a second code is inputted into a terminal device, receive a second registration request including the second code from the terminal device, if one of the first and second registration requests is received, register target information including one code included in the one of the first and second registration requests in a memory such that a state of the target information is to be a first state where the server does not perform a target service, and if the other code in other one of the above registration requests matches the one code in the target information, change the state of the target information from the first state to a second state where the server performs the target service.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-readable instructions for a server,

the computer-readable instructions, when executed by a processor of the server, causing the server to execute:

receiving a first registration request including identification information for identifying a communication device and a first code from the communication device via the Internet, the first code having been stored in advance in the communication device without being inputted into the communication device by a user of the communication device;

in a case where a second code is inputted into a terminal device different from the communication device by the user, receiving a second registration request including the second code from the terminal device via the Internet;

in a case where the first registration request is received, registering target information including the first code included in the first registration request in a memory such that a registration state of the target information is to be a first registration state, the first registration state being a state where the server does not perform a target service which is related to the communication device;

in a case where the second registration request is received after the target information has been registered in the memory, determining whether the second code included in the second registration request matches the first code included in the target information;

in a case where the server determines that the second code matches the first code, changing the registration state of the target information from the first registration state to a second registration state, the second registration state being a state where the server performs the target service which is related to the communication device identified by the identification information included in the target information, wherein in a case where the server determines that the second code does not match the first code, the registration state of the target information is not changed from the first registration state to the second registration state;

in a case where the server determines that the second code matches the first code, sending, to the terminal device, first screen data representing a first screen for encouraging the user to perform a first predetermined operation on the communication device, the first predetermined operation being for causing the communication device to send a related instruction which is related to the target service to the server; and

in a case where the registration state of the target information is changed to the second registration state, establishing a connection with the communication device;

after the connection has been established with the communication device, receiving information related to an image processing executed at the communication device; and

in a case where the registration state of the target information has been changed to the second registration state and the related instruction has been received from the communication device in response to the first predetermined operation being performed on the communication device and the information related to the image processing satisfies a specific condition, performing the target service which is related to the communication device identified by the identification information included in the target information.

2. The non-transitory computer-readable medium as in claim 1, wherein

the first registration request is received when both conditions of the communication device being connected to the Internet and electrical power being supplied to the communication device are fulfilled.

3. The non-transitory computer-readable medium as in claim 1, wherein

the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the server to further execute:

receiving user information which is related to the user via the Internet from the terminal device; and

registering the received user information in the memory,

wherein in the first registration state, the user information is not associated with the target information,

in the second registration state, the user information is associated with the target information, and

the target service is performed by using the user information.

4. The non-transitory computer-readable medium as in claim 1, wherein the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the server to further execute:

in a case where the server determines that the second code does not match the first code, sending, to the terminal device, second screen data representing a second screen for encouraging the user to input a code different from the second code into the terminal device.

5. The non-transitory computer-readable medium as in claim 1, wherein the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the server to further execute:

in a case where the second registration request is received before the first registration request is received and before the target information is registered in the memory, sending, to the terminal device, without registering the target information including the second code in the memory, third screen data representing a third screen for encouraging the user to perform a second predetermined operation on the communication device, the second predetermined operation being for causing the communication device to send the first registration request to the server.

6. The non-transitory computer-readable medium as in claim 1, wherein

the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the server to further execute:

in a case where the registration state of the target information is changed from the first registration state to the second registration state, registering, in association with the target information, connection information for establishing the connection; and

sending the connection information to the communication device,

wherein the connection is established by using the connection information after the connection information has been sent to the communication device.

7. The non-transitory computer-readable medium as in claim 6, wherein

the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the server to further execute:

sending, to the communication device by using the established connection, an information request for requesting the information related to the image processing.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable medium as in claim 1, wherein

the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the server to further execute:

in a case where the first registration request is received, determining, by using the identification information and the first code, whether the first code is a code which has been created from the identification information,

wherein in a case where the server determines the first code is the code which has been created from the identification information, the determining of whether the second code matches the first code is executed, and

in a case where the server determines the first code is not the code which has been created from the identification information, the determining of whether the second code matches the first code is not executed.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable medium as in claim 1 wherein

the computer-readable instructions, when executed by a processor of the server, causes the server to further execute:

in a case where the second registration request is received before the first registration request is received, registering the target information including the second code included in the second registration request in the memory such that a registration state of the target information is to be the first registration state;

in a case where the first registration request is received after the target information has been registered in the memory, determining whether the first code included in the first registration request matches the second code included in the target information;

in a case where the server determines that the first code matches the second code, changing the registration state of the target information from the first registration state to a second registration state, wherein in a case where the server determines that the first code does not match the second code, the registration state of the target information is not changed from the first registration state to the second registration state.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium as in claim 9, wherein

the first registration request is received when both conditions of the communication device being connected to the Internet and electrical power being supplied to the communication device are fulfilled.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium as in claim 9, wherein

the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the server to further execute:

receiving user information which is related to the user via the Internet from the terminal device; and

registering the received user information in the memory,

wherein in the first registration state, the user information is not associated with the target information,

in the second registration state, the user information is associated with the target information, and

the target service is performed by using the user information.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium as in claim 9, wherein

the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the server to further execute:

in a case where the registration state of the target information is changed from the first registration state to the second registration state, registering, in association with the target information, connection information for establishing the connection; and

sending the connection information to the communication device,

wherein the connection is established by using the connection information after the connection information has been sent to the communication device.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium as in claim 12, wherein

the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the server to further execute:

sending, to the communication device by using the established connection, an information request for requesting the information related to the image processing.

14. A server comprising:

a processor; and

a memory configured to store computer-readable instructions therein, the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, causing the server to perform;

receiving a first registration request including identification information for identifying a communication device and a first code from the communication device via the Internet, the first code having been stored in advance in the communication device without being inputted into the communication device by a user of the communication device;

in a case where a second code is inputted into a terminal device different from the communication device by the user, receiving a second registration request including the second code from the terminal device via the Internet;

in a case where the first registration request is received, registering target information including the first code included in the first registration request in a memory such that a registration state of the target information is to be a first registration state, the first registration state being a state where the server does not perform a target service which is related to the communication device;

in a case where the second registration request is received after the target information has been registered in the memory, determining whether the second code included in the second registration request matches the first code included in the target information;

in a case where the server determines that the second code matches the first code, changing the registration state of the target information from the first registration state to a second registration state, the second registration state being a state where the server performs the target service which is related to the communication device identified by the identification information included in the target information, wherein in a case where the server determines that the second code does not match the first code, the registration state of the target information is not changed from the first registration state to the second registration state;

in a case where the server determines that the second code matches the first code, sending, to the terminal device, first screen data representing a first screen for encouraging the user to perform a first predetermined operation on the communication device, the first predetermined operation being for causing the communication device to send a related instruction which is related to the target service to the server; and

in a case where the registration state of the target information is changed to the second registration state, establishing a connection with the communication device;

after the connection has been established with the communication device, receiving information related to an image processing executed at the communication device; and

in a case where the registration state of the target information has been changed to the second registration state and the related instruction has been received from the communication device in response to the first predetermined operation being performed on the communication device and the information related to the image processing satisfies a specific condition, performing the target service which is related to the communication device identified by the identification information included in the target information.

15. A method performed by a server,

the method comprising:

receiving a first registration request including identification information for identifying a communication device and a first code from the communication device via the Internet, the first code having been stored in advance in the communication device without being inputted into the communication device by a user of the communication device;

in a case where a second code is inputted into a terminal device different from the communication device by the user, receiving a second registration request including the second code from the terminal device via the Internet;

in a case where the first registration request is received, registering target information including the first code included in the first registration request in a memory such that a registration state of the target information is to be a first registration state, the first registration state being a state where the server does not perform a target service which is related to the communication device;

in a case where the second registration request is received after the target information has been registered in the memory, determining whether the second code included in the second registration request matches the first code included in the target information;

in a case where the server determines that the second code matches the first code, changing the registration state of the target information from the first registration state to a second registration state, the second registration state being a state where the server performs the target service which is related to the communication device identified by the identification information included in the target information, wherein in a case where the server determines that the second code does not match the first code, the registration state of the target information is not changed from the first registration state to the second registration state;

in a case where the server determines that the second code matches the first code, sending, to the terminal device, first screen data representing a first screen for encouraging the user to perform a first predetermined operation on the communication device, the first predetermined operation being for causing the communication device to send a related instruction which is related to the target service to the server; and

in a case where the registration state of the target information is changed to the second registration state, establishing a connection with the communication device;

after the connection has been established with the communication device, receiving information related to an image processing executed at the communication device; and

in a case the registration state of the target information has been changed to the second registration state and the related instruction has been received from the communication device in response to the first predetermined operation being performed on the communication device and where the information related to the image processing satisfies a specific condition, performing the target service which is related to the communication device identified by the identification information included in the target information.