JP6669970B2 - Information processing apparatus, its control method, and program, and information processing system, its control method, and program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, a control method thereof, and a program, and an information processing system, a control method thereof, and a program capable of identifiably presenting a print job to which a point is not to be given to a user.

  2. Description of the Related Art There is known a point management system for giving points for receiving a predetermined service such as presentation of a prize or discount of a product in accordance with a printing process of a printing apparatus.

  For example, a mechanism that can give points to a user of a printing apparatus in accordance with a printing process performed by the printing apparatus is disclosed in Patent Document 1 below.

JP 2004-302955 A

  By the way, if a printing apparatus manufacturer uses a cartridge whose operation has not been confirmed in a printing apparatus, the printing apparatus main body may be damaged. Therefore, the printing apparatus manufacturer does not recommend the use of the cartridge. That is, in order to recommend the use of a cartridge whose operation has been confirmed, in the above-described point management system, points are given to printing processing by a cartridge whose operation has been confirmed, and points are not given to printing processing by a cartridge whose operation has not been confirmed. There is a mechanism.

  In this mechanism, the user can grasp the points to be given when performing the printing process with the cartridge whose operation has been confirmed. However, points are not awarded when printing is performed with a cartridge whose operation has not been confirmed, and therefore, a log of printing when the print processing has been performed with a cartridge whose operation has been verified, or printing has been performed with a cartridge whose operation has been verified. There is no way to know the points that you should have originally received. There is also no description in Patent Document 1 above that if printing is performed with a cartridge whose operation has been confirmed, information on printing that should have been obtained will be obtained.

  Thus, there is a need for a mechanism that allows a user to check information on printing by a cartridge whose operation has not been confirmed.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a mechanism capable of identifiably presenting a print job to which a point is not to be given to a user.

  In order to achieve the above object, an information processing system according to the present invention is an information processing system communicably connected to a printing device, and an acquisition unit configured to acquire information on a print history for each print job from the printing device. An application unit that gives points when the print job of the print history acquired by the acquisition unit satisfies a predetermined condition; a print job to which points are given by the application unit; And display control means for controlling display so as to be able to identify a print job not provided with the print job.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a mechanism capable of identifiably presenting a print job to which a point is not to be given to a user.

FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram illustrating an example of a system configuration according to the first embodiment. FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of a WEB server 102 and a point management server 103 according to the first embodiment. FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration of a point management server 103. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a flow of processing related to creation of print log information 710. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a flow of a process related to a point providing process in the point management server 103. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a flow of a process related to display of a print information list. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a data configuration of various data tables according to the embodiment. 9 is a screen example showing an example of a print information confirmation screen 800. It is a flow chart explaining the flow of processing concerning point grant processing in point management server 103 in a 2nd embodiment. 11 is a screen example showing an example of a print information confirmation screen 1000 according to the second embodiment.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

<First embodiment>
FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram schematically illustrating a configuration of a point management system 100 according to the present embodiment.

  In FIG. 1, a point management system 100 is communicably connected to printing apparatuses 101a to 101c, a Web server 102, and a point management server 103 as an information processing apparatus.

  When each of the printing devices 101a to 101c registered in advance performs printing, the point management system 100 gives points according to the print contents of each of the printing devices 101a to 101c. Each of the printing apparatuses 101a to 101c is registered in association with a user who uses each of the printing apparatuses 101a to 101c. The user can receive a predetermined service such as the presentation of a prize or the discount of a product according to the cumulative number of the granted points. The printing apparatuses 101a to 101c execute respective jobs such as copying and scanning based on operation of an operation unit (not shown) or execution data received from an external device (not shown). The Web server 102 acquires, from each of the printing apparatuses 101a to 101c, print log information 710 that is log information of printing executed by each of the printing apparatuses 101a to 101c, and holds the acquired print log information 710. Further, when receiving the transmission request of the print log information 710 from the point management server 103, the Web server 102 transmits the print log information 710 to the point management server 103. The point management server 103 assigns points according to the print contents of each of the printing apparatuses 101a to 101c, accumulates the points for each user, and manages the points by using a user table 700 shown in FIG.

  Next, the hardware configuration of the Web server 102 and the point management server 103 will be described. In the present embodiment, the Web server 102 and the point management server 103 have the same configuration. Hereinafter, the configuration will be described using the point management server 103 as an example.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram schematically showing a hardware configuration of the WEB server 102 and the point management server 103 in FIG.

  2, the point management server 103 includes a CPU 201, a ROM 202, a RAM 203, an input controller 205, a video controller 206, a memory controller 207, a communication I / F controller 208, an input device 209, a display 210, and an external memory 211. The CPU 201, the ROM 202, the RAM 203, the input controller 205, the video controller 206, the memory controller 207, and the communication I / F controller 208 are connected to each other via a system bus 204. The input controller 205 is connected to the input device 209, the video controller 206 is connected to the display 210, and the memory controller 207 is connected to the external memory 211.

  The CPU 201 generally controls each device and controller connected to the system bus 204. Further, the CPU 201 loads a program necessary for executing the processing from the ROM 202 or the external memory 211 to the RAM 203, and realizes each operation by executing the loaded program. The ROM 202 is a read-only memory. The external memory 211 is a hard disk (HD), a solid state drive (SSD), a flexible disk (FD), a compact flash (registered trademark) memory connected to a PCMCIA card slot via an adapter, or the like. The ROM 202 and the external memory 211 store a basic input / output system (BIOS) which is a control program of the CPU 201, an operating system program (hereinafter, referred to as an OS), and various programs necessary for realizing the functions of the point management server 103. Remember. The RAM 203 functions as a main memory and a work area for the CPU 201.

The input controller 205 acquires input information input by operating the input device 209 or an input device such as a mouse (not shown) from the input device. The video controller 206 controls display on a display 210 such as a liquid crystal display and a CRT. The memory controller 207 controls access to the external memory 211. The communication I / F controller 208 controls communication with the Web server 102 and the like, and performs, for example, communication using TCP / IP.
This is the end of the description of the hardware configuration of the Web server 102 and the point management server 103 shown in FIG.

  Next, the functional configuration of the point management server 103 will be described using the conceptual diagram of FIG.

The point management server 103 includes an acquisition unit 301, an assignment unit 302, a display control unit 303, and a communication control unit 304 as functional units. The acquisition unit 301 is a functional unit that acquires print log information 710, which is information on a print history for each print job, from the web server 102. The giving unit 302 is a functional unit that gives points when the print job of the print history satisfies a predetermined condition. The display control unit 303 is a functional unit that controls to display a print job to which a point has been given and a print job to which no point has been given so as to be identifiable. The communication control unit 304 is a functional unit that controls communication with an external device or the WEB server 102.
The above-described functional configuration is an example, and can be changed according to the purpose and application.

  Next, a process in which each of the printing apparatuses 101a to 101c executes printing and transmits print log information 710 of the printing to the Web server 102 will be described. Hereinafter, as an example, a description will be given of a process in which the printing apparatus 101a executes printing and transmits print log information 710 of the printing to the Web server 102.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of log information communication processing executed by the printing apparatus 101a and the Web server 102 in FIG. FIG. 4 shows a procedure of a transmission process executed by the printing apparatus 101, and FIG. 4 shows a procedure of a reception process executed by the Web server 102.

  4, first, the printing apparatus 101 receives execution data for instructing execution of printing from a user terminal (not shown) (step S401). The execution data includes, for example, the type 713 and the number of sheets 714 of the paper when printing is performed, and the printer ID 711. The printer ID 711 is an arbitrary character string for specifying the printing device 101 to which the execution data is transmitted. The printing apparatus 101 starts printing based on the received execution data (step S402), and determines whether the printing has been completed normally (step S403).

  As a result of the determination in step S403, when the printing is not normally completed, the printing apparatus 101 notifies the user terminal that transmitted the execution data that the printing has failed (step S404), and ends this processing. On the other hand, as a result of the determination in step S403, when the printing is normally completed, the printing apparatus 101 generates print log information 710 of the executed printing based on the execution data.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the print log information 710 includes a printer ID 711, which is the ID of the printing apparatus on which the execution data was printed, a type 713, the number of copies 714, a reception date and time 715, a genuine CRG print number 716, and a non-genuine CRG print number. 717, points 718, and a user CD 701. At this point, the point 718 and the user CD 701 are blank. The virtual point 719 will be described later because it is used in the second embodiment. Further, the printing apparatus 101 adds to the print log information 710 CRG information 712 indicating whether the ink cartridge used for printing by the printing apparatus 101 is a genuine product or a non-genuine product. Here, the genuine ink cartridge is a specified cartridge whose operation has been confirmed by the printing apparatus maker, and the non-genuine ink cartridge is a cartridge whose operation has not been confirmed by the printing apparatus maker. As a method of determining whether or not the device is genuine, a method of determining whether or not the information read from the IC chip included in the ink cartridge used for printing when the printing is performed is information indicating genuineness or the like is performed. Can be. The type 713 indicates the type of printing paper to be printed with the execution data, and includes, for example, plain paper, photo paper, and postcard. The number of sheets 714 is the number of printed matter printed with the execution data. The reception date and time 715 is information on the date and time when the execution data was received in step S401. The genuine CRG print number 716 stores the number 714 when the CRG information 712 is genuine. The non-genuine CRG print number 717 stores the number 714 when the CRG information 712 is non-genuine. The point 718 is information of points given according to the genuine CRG print number 716.

  Next, the printing apparatus 101 transmits the print log information 710 to which the CRG information 712 has been added to the Web server 102 (step S405). In step S <b> 405, for example, if communication is temporarily disabled and communication with the Web server 102 cannot be performed, the printing apparatus 101 retains the print log information 710, and stores the print log information 710 after the communication state is restored. Send to After that, the printing apparatus 101 ends the process. In the present embodiment, the printing apparatuses 101b and 101c also perform the same processing as in FIG. 4, and each of the printing apparatuses 101b and 101c transmits print log information 710 of the executed printing to the Web server 102.

  On the other hand, in FIG. 4, the Web server 102 waits until the print log information 710 is received, and receives the print log information 710 from any of the printing apparatuses 101 to 101c (YES in step S406). The received date and time information is added to the received date and time 715 (step S407), the print log information 710 in which the date and time information is added to the received date and time 715 is held, and the process returns to step S406. In this manner, the print log information 710 of the registered printing apparatuses 101 to 101c is held in the Web server 102.

  This is the end of the description of the flowchart illustrated in FIG.

  Next, the flowchart of FIG. 5 will be described. The flowchart of FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining in detail a mechanism for giving points to the user linked to the printing apparatus based on the print log information 710 held in FIG.

  In step S501, the CPU 201 of the point management server 103 notifies the Web server 102 of a transmission request for the print log information 710 at predetermined intervals, for example, every hour. This divides the number of pieces of print log information 710 to be subjected to the point providing process, and reduces the load in the point providing process.

  In step S502, the CPU 201 of the point management server 103 determines whether to receive the print log information 710 from the Web server 102, and if so, the process proceeds to step S503. If not, wait.

  In step S503, the CPU 201 of the point management server 103 determines whether or not the reception in step S502 is the reception of the first print log information 710 in the current month. For example, it is determined based on the reception date and time. If it is determined that the first print log information 710 has been received this month, the process proceeds to step S504; otherwise, the process proceeds to step S505.

  In step S504, when the reception in step S502 is the reception of the first print log information 710 in this month, the CPU 201 of the point management server 103 initializes a part of the user table 700 in FIG. The user table 700 manages the assigned points of users (hereinafter, referred to as “registered users”) associated with the registered printing apparatuses 101 a to 101 c, and includes a user CD 701, possessed points 702, and a printer ID 711. The user CD 701 is an arbitrary character string for specifying a registered user, and the possessed point 702 indicates a total of points 718 given by the printing device of each user. The printer ID 711 is an ID for uniquely identifying a printer, and is an ID of a printing device registered by the user of the user CD 701 in the point system. One user can register a plurality of printing devices. In step S504, the point management server 103 sets the value of the possessed points 702 of all the registered users in the user table 700 to “0”.

  In step S505, the CPU 201 of the point management server 103 reads all the received print log information 710. The processing of steps S506 and S507 described below is performed on the read print log information 710.

  In the following, as an example, a process for one print log information 710 among a plurality of received print log information 710 will be described.

  In step S506, the CPU 201 of the point management server 103 determines whether the CRG information 712 of one print log information 710 is “genuine”. If the result of the determination is that the CRG information 712 of the received one piece of print log information 710 is not “genuine”, the point management server 103 performs the processing of step S508 described later. When it is “pure”, the point management server 103 performs the processing of step S507 described later.

  In step S507, the CPU 201 of the point management server 103 assigns points 718 to the print log information 710 based on the point master 720 stored in the ROM 202 or the like in advance. For example, when the received print log information 710 has a content of printing “5” of “photo”, the point 718 is based on the point master 720, the point “2” of the “photo”, the number “5”, and It becomes "20" obtained by multiplying "2" of the bonus point 723. The given points are stored in points 718. Further, the user CD 701 corresponding to the printer ID 711 is specified based on the user table 700. The specified user CD 701 is added to the print log information 710.

  In step S508, the CPU 201 of the point management server 103 determines whether the processing has been completed for all print log information 710 read in step S505. If the result of the determination is that the processing has not been completed for any of the read print log information 710, the point management server 103 returns to the processing of step S506. On the other hand, as a result of the determination in step S508, when the processing has been completed for all the read print log information 710, the point management server 103 ends the processing.

  This is the end of the description of the flowchart shown in FIG. In this way, points are given when the ink cartridge used in the printing apparatus 101 is genuine. On the other hand, if the ink cartridge is not genuine, no points are given. In such a mechanism, for example, when a user mistakenly uses the genuine ink cartridge for the printing apparatus 101 and performs printing using a non-genuine ink cartridge, the user is required to perform printing with the genuine ink cartridge. May be questioned in that they are not granted. Therefore, a mechanism is required that enables the user to confirm whether or not the ink cartridge used for printing is genuine for each print job related to point provision.

  Next, the flow of processing related to display of a print information list will be described with reference to the flowchart in FIG.

  In step S601, it is determined whether an external device (not shown), which is an information processing terminal used by the user, has received an input of the user CD 701 via a screen (not shown). If it is determined that the input of the user CD 701 has been received, the process proceeds to step S602; otherwise, the process waits until the input is received.

  In step S602, an external device (not shown) transmits to the point management server 103 a request for the print information confirmation screen 800 of the user CD 701 that has received the input in step S601.

  In step S603, the CPU 201 of the point management server 103 receives the request for the print information confirmation screen 800 transmitted in step S602.

  In step S604, the CPU 201 of the point management server 103 transmits to the WEB server 102 a request to acquire the print log information 710 corresponding to the user CD 701 included in the request for the print information confirmation screen 800.

  In step S605, the CPU 201 of the web server 102 receives a request to acquire the print log information 710 of the user CD 701.

  In step S606, the CPU 201 of the web server 102 acquires the print log information 710 of the user CD 701 whose input has been accepted in step S601.

  In step S607, the CPU 201 of the web server 102 transmits the print log information 710 acquired in step S606 to the point management server 103.

  In step S608, the CPU 201 of the point management server 103 generates the print information confirmation screen 800 shown in FIG. 8 based on the print log information 710 transmitted in step S607 (corresponding to a display screen generation unit). Send a display instruction to. (Corresponds to display control means)

  As shown in FIG. 8, the print information confirmation screen 800 includes information of the print log information 710, and is a screen on which a user can confirm a list of printing statuses of the printing apparatuses registered in the point management system. is there. In step S608, when the print information confirmation screen 800 is generated, a print job that is not a point addition target is displayed so as to be identifiable. For example, since the print job 801 in FIG. 8 is printed with a non-genuine ink cartridge, the print job is grayed out so as to be distinguishable from the print job to which the point is to be applied, instead of the target to which the point is to be applied.

  In step S609, the external device (not shown) receives the display instruction of the print information confirmation screen 800 transmitted in step S608.

  In step S610, the external device (not shown) displays the print information confirmation screen 800 on a display (not shown) based on the display instruction received in step S609. When the print information confirmation screen 800 is displayed in this manner, the user can grasp the number of prints in a print job that is not a target to be given with a printing device registered in the point system, and prints with the printing device to which the point is given. It is possible to provide a mechanism that makes it easy to grasp how much points are awarded when the player has performed the game. For example, the print information confirmation screen 800 may be made available to a user who uses the point system, or may be a screen confirmed by a person in charge such as a call center of the point system. In the case of a call center, simply by inputting the user's user CD of the customer who has been inquired by the person in charge, the printing status of the printing device corresponding to the user CD can be confirmed, and a print job that is not targeted for point addition can be identified. Because of this, there is an effect that a response can be made promptly.

  This is the end of the description of the flowchart shown in FIG.

  This is the end of the description of the first embodiment.

  Next, the description of the second embodiment will be started. In the first embodiment, the print information confirmation screen 800 displays only the number of prints of a print job that is not subject to point provision. However, in the second embodiment, a print job that is not subject to point provision is temporarily If the print job is a print job, a mechanism is provided that allows the user to further notify on the print information confirmation screen 800 how much (virtual or temporary) points have been given.

<Second embodiment>
The second embodiment is the same as the first embodiment except for the system configuration, hardware configuration, functional configuration, flowchart, data table, and the like, except for the following points. FIG. 5 is changed to FIG. 9, and FIG. 8 is changed to FIG. The description of the same processes as in the first embodiment will be omitted, but the description of the second embodiment will be started.

  FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating in detail a flow of a process related to the point giving process in the second embodiment.

  Steps S501 to S505 are the same as those of the first embodiment in the content of the processing, and therefore the description is omitted.

  In step S506, the CPU 201 of the point management server 103 determines whether the CRG information 712 of one print log information 710 is “genuine”. If the result of the determination is that the CRG information 712 of the received one piece of print log information 710 is not “genuine”, the point management server 103 advances the process to step S901. When it is “pure”, the point management server 103 performs the processing of step S507 described later.

  In step S901, the CPU 201 of the point management server 103 performs a process of calculating a virtual point 719. The virtual point 719 is a value indicating how much points have been given when a print job that is not to be given points is temporarily printed as a print job to be given points. The virtual point 719 is not added to the user as a point, but serves as a clue to how much the point should have been added. For example, in a non-genuine ink cartridge, the type 713 is “plain paper”, the number 714 is “10”, and “10” obtained by multiplying “1” of the bonus point 723 is “virtual point 719”. The calculated virtual point 719 is stored in a corresponding record of the print log information 710.

  The processing in steps S507 and S508 is the same as that in the first embodiment, and a description thereof will be omitted.

  This is the end of the description of the processing related to the point giving processing in the second embodiment shown in FIG. The virtual point 719 calculated in this way is notified to the user, for example, as in a print information confirmation screen 1000 as shown in FIG. In this way, even if the print job is not a target for which points are to be given, if the target is a target for which points are to be provided, the amount of points to be given is identified and displayed. This makes it possible to recognize the points that would have been given when printing with an ink cartridge.

Note that, in the present embodiment, the genuine and non-genuine ink cartridges have been described as examples of appropriate printing modes in the printing apparatus. It may be determined whether or not the printing mode is appropriate.
As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a mechanism capable of identifiably presenting a print job to which a point is not to be given to a user.

  The present invention is, for example, possible as an embodiment as a system, an apparatus, a method, a program, a storage medium, or the like. Specifically, the present invention may be applied to a system including a plurality of devices. You may apply to the apparatus which consists of three apparatuses. Note that the present invention includes a program that directly or remotely supplies a software program that realizes the functions of the above-described embodiments to a system or an apparatus. The present invention also includes a case where the information processing apparatus of the system or the apparatus reads out and executes the supplied program code to achieve the above.

  Therefore, the program code itself installed in the information processing device to implement the functional processing of the present invention in the information processing device also implements the present invention. That is, the present invention includes the computer program itself for realizing the functional processing of the present invention.

  In that case, as long as it has the function of the program, it may be in the form of object code, a program executed by the interpreter, script data supplied to the OS, or the like.

  Examples of a recording medium for supplying the program include a flexible disk, a hard disk, an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, an MO, a CD-ROM, a CD-R, and a CD-RW. Further, there are a magnetic tape, a nonvolatile memory card, a ROM, a DVD (DVD-ROM, DVD-R), and the like.

  As another program supply method, a client computer is connected to a homepage on the Internet using a browser. The computer program itself of the present invention or a compressed file including an automatic installation function can be supplied from the home page by downloading the file to a recording medium such as a hard disk.

  Also, the present invention can be realized by dividing the program code constituting the program of the present invention into a plurality of files and downloading each file from a different homepage. In other words, the present invention also includes a WWW server that allows a plurality of users to download a program file for implementing the functional processing of the present invention on the information processing device.

  In addition, the program of the present invention is encrypted, stored in a storage medium such as a CD-ROM, distributed to users, and downloaded to a user who satisfies predetermined conditions from a homepage via the Internet to download key information for decryption. Let it. Then, it is also possible to execute the encrypted program by using the downloaded key information and install the program on the information processing apparatus, thereby realizing the present invention.

  The functions of the above-described embodiments are implemented when the information processing apparatus executes the read program. In addition, the OS or the like running on the information processing apparatus performs part or all of the actual processing based on the instructions of the program, and the functions of the above-described embodiments can also be realized by the processing.

  Further, the program read from the recording medium is written to a memory provided in a function expansion board inserted into the information processing device or a function expansion unit connected to the information processing device. Thereafter, based on instructions of the program, a CPU or the like provided in the function expansion board or the function expansion unit performs part or all of actual processing, and the functions of the above-described embodiments are also realized by the processing.

  It should be noted that the above-described embodiment is merely an example of the embodiment for carrying out the present invention, and the technical scope of the present invention should not be interpreted in a limited manner. That is, the present invention can be implemented in various forms without departing from the technical idea or the main features.

102 WEB server 103 Point management server 201 CPU
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204 System bus 205 Input controller 206 Video controller 207 Memory controller 208 Communication I / F controller 209 Keyboard 210 Display 211 External memory

Claims (11)

An information processing system communicably connected to a printing device,
Acquiring means for acquiring information about a print history for each print job from the printing apparatus;
Providing means for giving points when the print job of the print history acquired by the acquiring means satisfies a predetermined condition;
Calculating means for calculating a virtual point when the print job of the print history acquired by the acquiring means does not satisfy the predetermined condition;
Display control means for controlling the virtual point calculated by the calculation means to be displayed in correspondence with the print job to which no point has been given by the giving means;
The information processing system comprising: a. 2. The display control unit according to claim 1, wherein the display unit controls so that the print job to which the point is given by the giving unit and the print job to which the point is not given by the giving unit are distinguishably displayed. 3. The information processing system as described. Wherein when a predetermined condition is satisfied and an information processing system according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the case is printing using a prescribed consumables. The information processing system according to claim 3, wherein the prescribed consumable is a genuine cartridge . When the print job of the print history acquired by the acquisition unit satisfies a predetermined condition, the giving unit gives a point for receiving a predetermined service to the user who instructed the printing. The information processing system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein   An information processing system communicably connected to a printing device,
  Acquiring means for acquiring information about a print history for each print job from the printing apparatus;
  A determining unit that determines whether a consumable used in printing of the print job of the print history acquired by the acquiring unit is a genuine product based on information acquired from the consumable;
  The determining means, the giving means for giving points when determined to be a genuine product,
  A display control unit configured to control the display unit to display the print job to which the points are provided by the providing unit and the print job to which the points are not provided by the providing unit in a distinguishable manner;
  An information processing system comprising: A method for controlling an information processing system communicably connected to a printing device,
The information processing system,
An obtaining step of obtaining information on a print history for each print job from the printing apparatus;
A step of giving points when the print job of the print history acquired in the acquiring step satisfies a predetermined condition;
A calculating step of calculating a virtual point when the print job of the print history acquired in the acquiring step does not satisfy the predetermined condition;
A display control step of controlling the virtual point calculated in the calculation step to be displayed in correspondence with the print job to which no point has been given in the giving step;
Control method for an information processing system comprising: a. A program executable by an information processing system communicably connected to a printing device,
The information processing system,
Acquiring means for acquiring information about a print history for each print job from the printing apparatus;
Providing means for giving points when the print job of the print history acquired by the acquiring means satisfies a predetermined condition;
Calculating means for calculating a virtual point when the print job of the print history acquired by the acquiring means does not satisfy the predetermined condition;
A program for functioning as display control means for controlling display of the virtual points calculated by the calculation means in correspondence with a print job to which no points have been given by the giving means. An information processing device communicably connected to the printing device,
Acquiring means for acquiring information about a print history for each print job from the printing apparatus;
Providing means for giving points when the print job of the print history acquired by the acquiring means satisfies a predetermined condition;
Calculating means for calculating a virtual point when the print job of the print history acquired by the acquiring means does not satisfy the predetermined condition;
Display screen generating means for generating a screen for displaying the virtual points calculated by the calculating means in correspondence with a print job to which no points have been given by the giving means;
An information processing apparatus comprising: A method for controlling an information processing apparatus communicably connected to a printing apparatus,
The information processing device,
An obtaining step of obtaining information on a print history for each print job from the printing apparatus;
Providing a point when printing of the print job of the print history acquired in the acquiring step satisfies a predetermined condition,
A calculating step of calculating a virtual point when the print job of the print history acquired in the acquiring step does not satisfy the predetermined condition;
A display screen generating step of generating a screen for displaying the virtual points calculated in the calculating step in correspondence with the print job to which no points have been given in the giving step;
A method for controlling an information processing apparatus, comprising: A program executable by an information processing device communicably connected to a printing device,
Acquiring means for acquiring information on a print history for each print job from the printing apparatus,
Providing means for giving points when the print job of the print history acquired by the acquiring means satisfies a predetermined condition;
Calculating means for calculating a virtual point when the print job of the print history acquired by the acquiring means does not satisfy the predetermined condition;
A program for causing the virtual point calculated by the calculation unit to function as a display screen generation unit that generates a screen that displays the virtual point corresponding to a print job to which no point has been added by the addition unit.

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