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CONTROLLING DISTRIBUTION OF A DEPLETABLE RESOURCE ON A NETWORK-ENABLED DEVICE

  • US 20150370518A1
  • Filed: 01/31/2013
  • Published: 12/24/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-readable medium that stores instructions for controlling a network-enabled device, the computer-readable medium including instructions, that when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

  • processing, on the network-enabled device, an input for performing a particular action requiring a replacement of a depletable resource of the network-enabled device;

    making a determination as to whether a replacement for the depletable resource has been requested from a particular source; and

    if the determination is that replacement of the depletable resource has been requested from the particular source, then enabling the action to be performed;

    if the determination is that replenishment resource has not been requested from the particular source, then precluding the action from being performed.

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