Patent ID: 6937999

Claim:
A consumable order assistance system for computer peripheral devices, comprising: a personal computer having a web browser, a messaging system, and a consumable order assistance computer program; at least one computer peripheral device having an embedded web server and a messaging system provided by the embedded web server; and a communication link signal coupling the personal computer with a seller of a consumable for the computer peripheral device via the web browser; wherein the consumable order assistance computer program is configured to a) receive a notification from the computer peripheral device of a need to order a consumable via the messaging system of the personal computer and the messaging system of the at least one computer peripheral device, b) alert a user of the personal computer of the notification, and c) provide an order location to the user for the consumable; and wherein the consumable order assistance computer program is configured for multiple unique functionality levels to provide consumable order assistance when ordering the consumable, the multiple unique functionality levels being configured to be at a level that is customer defined, and wherein the embedded web server is configured to push information from the computer peripheral device to the personal computer.