Patent ID: 8797569
Filing Date: 2014-08-05
Classification: G03G,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A printing device, comprising: a receiving portion configured to receive contents data comprising print data, advertising information, and an advertiser ID, the advertisement information being associated with the advertiser ID, from an external apparatus; a printing portion configured to print, on a printing medium, the print data and the advertisement information included in the contents data received by the receiving portion; an obtaining portion configured to obtain printing information related to amount of printing of the advertisement information, the printing information being associated with the advertiser ID; an aggregating portion configured to generate aggregated amount of the printing of the advertisement information for the advertiser ID by summing the amount of the printing of the advertisement information; a storing portion configured to store the aggregated amount of the printing of the advertisement information in association with the advertiser ID; and a sending portion configured to send the aggregated amount of the printing of the advertisement information and the associated advertiser ID stored by the storing portion to an aggregating server, and to send the aggregated amount of the printing of the advertisement information to an advertisement server to which the advertiser ID is assigned.