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- Patent Title: Usage record compiling system and usage record compiling method
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Application No.: US15882118Application Date: 2018-01-29
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Publication No.: US10223052B2Publication Date: 2019-03-05
- Inventor: Akihiro Yamashita
- Applicant: Akihiro Yamashita
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: IPUSA, PLLC
- Priority: JP2017-043870 20170308
- Main IPC: G06F15/00
- IPC: G06F15/00 ; G06F3/12 ; G06F21/60 ; H04N1/44

Abstract:
A usage record compiling system including an image forming apparatus is provided. The usage record compiling system includes a first processor configured to perform authentication for enabling a user to use the image forming apparatus and transmit history information relating to usage of the image forming apparatus by the user during a period in which the authentication is valid, a second processor configured to receive the history information from the first processor and calculate a usage record value based on the received history information, store the calculated usage record value in a first storage unit, update the calculated usage record value stored in the first storage unit, and store update information indicating that the calculated usage record value has been updated in a second storage unit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180260178A1 USAGE RECORD COMPILING SYSTEM AND USAGE RECORD COMPILING METHOD Public/Granted day:2018-09-13
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