ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,121, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).
"System, network device, system control method, and recording medium" was invented by Yasuhisa Genda (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system that manages at least one consumable material used by at least one device includes a memory storing instructions, and a processor executing the instructions causing the system to manage information regarding the consumable material for at least one container, acquire consumed amounts of the consumable material or remaining amounts of the consumable material from the at least one device using the consumable material in the respect...