Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image processing system, image processing device, billing processing method and computer readable recording medium
-
Application No.: US14968260Application Date: 2015-12-14
-
Publication No.: US10282141B2Publication Date: 2019-05-07
- Inventor: Okihisa Yoshida
- Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
- Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
- Agency: Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC
- Priority: JP2011-010461 20110121
- Main IPC: G06F3/12
- IPC: G06F3/12 ; G06Q20/10 ; G03G21/02 ; G06Q20/14 ; G06Q20/18 ; H04N1/00

Abstract:
An image processing system includes an image processing device executing a job and a billing server performing billing process in response to execution of the job connected through a network. The billing server includes: a remaining amount management part for managing a remaining amount of each user's available funds; and a savings amount transmission part for determining a savings amount in the image processing device based on a user's available funds and sending the determined savings amount to the image processing device. The image processing device includes: a savings amount storage part for storing therein the savings amount in accordance with the user; a job execution part for executing a job with an instruction by the user; and a billing processing part for performing billing process to charge to the user in response to execution of the job.
Public/Granted literature
Information query