Supply unit ordering system, image forming apparatus, supply...

Details Supply unit ordering system, image forming apparatus, supply... Supply unit ordering system, image forming apparatus, supply...

2008-06-20

2011-11-01

Smith, Jeffrey A (Department: 3625)

Data processing: financial, business practice, management, or co

Automated electrical financial or business practice or...

Electronic shopping

C705S026800, C705S026810, C705S027100, C705S026200

Reexamination Certificate

active

08050977

ABSTRACT:
An image forming apparatus comprises: a readout portion that reads out from a memory of a supply unit that is replaceably loaded on the image forming apparatus itself, information about a plurality of vendors, which is stored in the memory; and a transmitter that transmits to a terminal apparatus the readout information about the vendors. And a terminal apparatus comprises: an obtainer that obtains information about the supply unit from respective servers owned by the vendors, by making access thereto according to the information about the vendors, which is received from the image forming apparatus; a display that displays on itself the obtained information; and an ordering portion that transmits an order for a supply unit to one of the servers, according to an order instruction issued by a user. After order transmission, information about a vendor owning the server that receives that order is stored in a storage.

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