Brother Industries had 11 patents in digitalization during Q3 2023. Brother Industries Ltd has filed a patent for an information processing apparatus that can communicate with a printing device. The apparatus allows users to obtain paid authority information, which guarantees a certain printing amount, and adds this value to the allowable printing amount for the device. It also associates free authority information, which guarantees a corresponding free printing amount, with the identification information of the printing device. Users can then utilize the free authority information and the apparatus will add the utilized printing amount within the free guaranteed printing amount to the allowable printing amount. GlobalData’s report on Brother Industries gives a 360-degreee view of the company including its patenting strategy. Buy the report here.
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Brother Industries grant share with digitalization as a theme is 27% in Q3 2023. Grant share is based on the ratio of number of grants to total number of patents.
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Application: Information processing apparatus and printing authority management system (Patent ID: US20230221905A1)
The patent filed by Brother Industries Ltd. describes an information processing apparatus that is communicable with a printing device. The apparatus includes a control device that receives an obtainment application of paid authority information from a purchasing user. This paid authority information guarantees a paid guaranteed printing amount. When the obtainment application is received, the control device adds the value of the paid guaranteed printing amount to the allowable printing amount for the printing device. The control device also associates free authority information, which guarantees a free guaranteed printing amount corresponding to the paid guaranteed printing amount, with the identification information of the printing device.
The control device further receives a utilization application of the free authority information associated with the identification information of the printing device. When the utilization application is received, the control device adds the value of the utilized printing amount within the free guaranteed printing amount to the allowable printing amount.
The patent also includes several claims that provide additional details and variations of the information processing apparatus. These claims describe features such as receiving the utilization application only from the purchasing user, automatically adding a predetermined printing amount to the allowable printing amount under certain conditions, and switching between different control modes based on manual selection or predetermined information. The claims also describe a printing authority management system that includes the printing device and control device described in the apparatus claim. The system operates in a similar manner, with the control device receiving obtainment and utilization applications and managing the allowable printing amount based on the paid and free authority information.
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