Patent ID: 9684478
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: G03G,G06F,G06Q

Claim:
1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium that stores instructions for controlling a network-enabled device, the non-transitory computer-readable medium including instructions, that when executed by one or more processors of the network-enabled device, cause the network-enabled device to: detect a particular action required to access a depletable resource of the network-enabled device; in response to the detection of the particular action required to access the depletable resource, determine, whether a data store of the network-enabled device contains an acknowledgement indicating that a replacement of the depletable resource is provided from a particular network service; in response to a determination that the data store of the network-enabled device contains the acknowledgement indicating that the replacement of the depletable resource is provided from the particular network service, enable the particular action to be performed to permit access to the depletable resource for replacement; and in response to a determination that the data store of the network-enabled device does not contain the acknowledgement indicating that the replacement of the depletable resource is provided from the particular network service, preclude the particular action from being performed.