Printing device functionality based on consumption and payment

US11562337B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. · US

Inventors

• Wesley R. Schalk · Vancouver, US
• Jesse Sutherland · Vancouver, US
• Erik Anderson · Shoreline, US
• Jefferson P. Ward · Vancouver, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 24, 2018
• Grant date: Jan 24, 2023
• Expiry date: Oct 3, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G07G5/00
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Examples for determining printing device functionality based on consumption and payment are described herein. In some examples, signals indicative of an amount of utilized print consumable by a printing device and signals indicative of payment for the amount of utilized print consumable are received at a computing device. Signals to cause the printing device to alter a functionality based on the signals indicative of an amount of utilized print consumable and the signals indicative of payment for the amount of utilized print consumable are transmitted by the computing device.