CLOUD-BASED PRINTING FLUID SUBSCRIPTION MESSAGES

• US 20150370515A1
• Filed: 01/31/2013
• Published: 12/24/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: WEBB, Rowdy K., KILK, Kerry J.
• Granted Patent: US 9,619,186 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1203 Improving or facilitating administration, e.g. print management
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1229 Printer resources management or printer maintenance, e.g. device status, power levels
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1287 via internet
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1288 in client-server-printer device configuration
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0613 Third-party assisted

Abstract

Example embodiments relate to providing cloud-based printing fluid subscription messages. in example embodiments, the system may then calculate a fulfillment trigger value based on a printing fluid fill level of a printing fluid storage unit and a printing fluid usage history of a remote printing device, where the fulfillment trigger value describes a printing fluid used level of the printing fluid storage unit that triggers an order request for as replacement supply of printing fluid. Next, system may update a subscription fulfillment status for the remote printing device to an order triggered state and send the subscription fulfillment status to the remote printing device, where the remote printing device determines whether to display a printing fluid subscription message based on the subscription fulfillment status.

Claims

1. A system for cloud-based printing fluid subscription messages, the system comprising:

a processor to;

calculate a fulfillment trigger value based on a printing fluid fill level of a printing fluid storage unit and a printing fluid usage history of a remote printing device, wherein the fulfillment trigger value describes a first printing fluid used level of the printing fluid storage unit that triggers an order request for a replacement supply of printing fluid for the remote printing device;

in response to determining that the fulfillment trigger value is exceeded, update a subscription fulfillment status for the remote printing device to an order triggered state, wherein the subscription fulfillment status describes an order status of the replacement supply of printing fluid;

send the subscription fulfillment status to the remote printing device, wherein the remote printing device determines whether to display a printing fluid subscription message based on the subscription fulfillment status.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to:

calculate a trigger expected value based on the fulfillment trigger value and the printing fluid usage history, wherein the trigger expected value describes a second printing fluid used level of the printing fluid storage unit by which the order request for the replacement supply of printing fluid should be triggered; and

send the trigger expected value to the remote printing device, wherein the remote printing device displays a connection message in response to determining that the trigger expected value is exceeded and that the subscription fulfillment status is updated to an order not triggered state, wherein the order not triggered state indicates that the order request for the replacement supply of printing fluid has not been triggered.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to:

receive a printing fluid subscription registration request;

generate a unique subscription identifier for the remote printing device;

update a subscription status for the remote printing device, wherein the subscription status indicates whether the remote printing device is registered for a printing fluid subscription; and

request that an initial supply of printing fluid be delivered for the remote printing device, wherein the initial supply of printing fluid is associated with the unique subscription identifier.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the processor is further configured to:

update the subscription fulfillment status for the remote printing device to a no plan to order state, wherein the no plan to order state indicates that the order request for the replacement supply of printing fluid will not be triggered;

receive a notification that the initial supply of printing fluid is installed in the remote printing device; and

update the subscription fulfillment status for the remote printing device to the order not triggered state.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to:

calculate a request supply fulfillment trigger value based on the fulfillment trigger and the printing fluid usage history, wherein the request supply fulfillment trigger value describes a second printing fluid used level of the printing fluid storage unit that triggers a transmission of updated print data by the remote printing device; and

send the request supply fulfillment trigger value to the remote printing device, wherein the remote printing device transmits the updated print data in response to determining that the request supply fulfillment trigger value is exceeded.

6. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium encoded with instructions executable by a processor, the machine-readable storage medium comprising:

instructions for receiving a trigger expected value from a server computing device, wherein the trigger expected value is calculated using a printing fluid fill level of a printing fluid storage unit and a printing fluid usage history of a printing device that is remotely iodated with respect to the server computing device, and wherein the trigger expected value describes a first printing fluid used level of the printing fluid storage unit by which an order request for a replacement supply of printing fluid should be triggered;

instructions for receiving a subscription fulfillment status from the server computing device, wherein the subscription fulfillment status describes an order status of the replacement supply of printing fluid for the printing device; and

instructions for displaying a connection message in response to determining that the trigger expected value is exceeded and that a subscription fulfillment status is updated to an order not triggered state, wherein the order not triggered state indicates that the order request for the replacement supply of printing fluid has not been triggered.

7. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 6, further comprising:

instructions for sending a printing fluid subscription registration request to the server computing device; and

instructions for receiving a subscription status for the printing device, wherein the subscription status indicates whether the printing device is registered for a printing fluid subscription;

wherein the server computing device requests that an initial supply of printing fluid be delivered for the printing device, wherein the initial supply of printing fluid is associated with a unique subscription identifier.

8. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 7, further comprising:

instructions for receiving a modified subscription fulfillment status from the server computing device, wherein the modified subscription fulfillment status is updated to a no plan to order state indicating that the order request for the replacement supply of printing fluid will not be triggered; and

instructions for sending a notification that the initial supply of printing fluid is installed in the printing device to the server computing device, wherein the modified subscription fulfillment status is updated to the order not triggered state in response to the notification.

9. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 6, further comprising:

instructions for receiving a modified subscription fulfillment status from the server computing device, wherein the modified subscription fulfillment status is updated to an order triggered state indicating that the order request for the replacement supply of printing fluid has been triggered; and

instructions for determining whether to display a printing fluid subscription message based on the modified subscription fulfillment status.

10. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 6, further comprising:

instructions for determining that a connection with the server computing device is established; and

instructions for sending an updated printing fluid fill level of the printing fluid storage unit, and updated printing fluid usage history to the server computing device in response to determining that the connection is established.

11. A method for cloud-based printing fluid subscription messages on a computing device, the method comprising:

calculating a fulfillment trigger value based on a printing fluid fill level of a printing fluid storage unit and a printing fluid usage history of a remote printing device, wherein the fulfillment trigger value describes a first printing fluid used level of the printing fluid storage unit that triggers an order request for a replacement supply of printing fluid for the remote printing device;

in response to determining that the fulfillment trigger value is exceeded, updating a subscription fulfillment status for the remote printing device to an order triggered state, wherein the subscription fulfillment status describes an order status of the replacement supply of printing fluid;

sending the subscription fulfillment status to the remote printing device, wherein the remote printing device determines whether to display a printing fluid subscription message based on the subscription fulfillment status.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured to:

calculating a trigger expected value based on the fulfillment trigger value and the printing fluid usage history, wherein the trigger expected value describes a second printing fluid used level of the printing fluid storage unit by which the order request for the replacement supply of printing fluid should be triggered; and

sending the trigger expected value to the remote printing device, wherein the remote printing device displays a connection message in response to determining that the trigger expected value is exceeded and that the subscription fulfillment status is updated to an order not triggered state, wherein the order not triggered state indicates that the order request for the replacement supply of printing fluid has not been triggered.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured to:

receiving a printing fluid subscription registration request from the remote printing device;

generating the unique device identifier for the remote printing device;

updating a subscription status for the remote printing device, wherein the subscription status indicates whether the remote printing device is registered for a printing fluid subscription; and

requesting that an initial supply of printing fluid be delivered for the remote printing device, wherein the initial supply of printing fluid is associated with a unique subscription identifier.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

updating the subscription fulfillment status for the remote printing device to a no plan to order state, wherein the no pan to order state indicates that the order request for the replacement supply of printing fluid will not be triggered;

receiving a notification that the initial supply of printing fluid is installed in the remote printing device; and

updating the subscription fulfillment status for the remote printing device to the order not triggered state.

15. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

calculating a request supply fulfillment trigger value based on the fulfillment trigger and the printing fluid usage history, wherein the request supply fulfillment trigger value describes a second printing fluid used level of the printing fluid storage unit that triggers a transmission of updated print data by the remote printing device; and

sending the request supply fulfillment trigger value to the remote printing device, wherein the remote printing device transmits the updated print data in response to determining that the request supply fulfillment trigger value is exceeded.