Patent ID: 11962726
Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A printing system comprising:
an administrator terminal;
a user terminal; and
an information processor that provides a printing service related to a printer configured to be used by the user terminal, wherein
the information processor
transmits, based on an expiration date of a contract for the printing service, request information for requesting response information related to the contract to the administrator terminal,
is configured to receive the response information from the administrator terminal, and
transmits notification information related to the contract to the user terminal when the information processor does not execute, based on the response information from the administrator terminal, continuation processing for the contract,

the user terminal
receives the notification information from the information processor, and
transmits inquiry information for inquiring about continuation of the contract to the administrator terminal when an inquiry instruction for continuation of the contract is given based on the notification information,

the administrator terminal
receives the inquiry information from the user terminal, and
transmits continuation information for continuing the contract to the information processor when an instruction for continuation of the contract is given based on the inquiry information, and

the information processor
receives the continuation information from the administrator terminal, and
executes, based on the continuation information, the continuation processing, and grants permission to use the printing service to the user terminal.