Device control apparatus, device control program, and server

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8760677
APP PUB NO 20110216348A1
SERIAL NO

13038317

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A device control apparatus includes: a usage instruction acceptance unit that accepts a usage instruction for a device; a determination unit that determines whether or not the device is a registered device that has been registered in a server based on registration information obtained from the server, and determines whether or not the device is a loaner device for the registered device based on loaner device information; a notification unit that performs a notification prompting a user to register the device as a registered device in the server; a prohibition unit that prohibits the device from being used in accordance with the usage instruction; and a permission unit that permits the device to be used in accordance with the usage instruction.

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  • SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Kanada, Kentaro Ina, JP 11 38

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