ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,348,694, issued on July 1, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).
"Information processing apparatus and method for performing service provision process for providing printing service utilizing printing device using individual information thereof and contract identification information" was invented by Yutaka Takijiri (Nagoya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An information processing apparatus includes a communication interface and a controller. The printing device is configured to print on a printing medium. The controller is configured to perform a service provision process for providing a service utilizing a printing d...