Invention Grant
US08319998B2 Billing system capable of being connected to an output apparatus having printing function and copy function via a network server apparatus capable of being connected to an output apparatus having printing function and copy function via a network and method of billing by system capable of being connected to an output apparatus having printing function and copy function via a network
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能够经由网络服务器装置连接到具有打印功能和复印功能的输出装置的计费系统,该网络服务器装置能够经由网络连接到具有打印功能和复制功能的输出装置,以及能够连接到 具有打印功能和复印功能的输出设备
- Patent Title: Billing system capable of being connected to an output apparatus having printing function and copy function via a network server apparatus capable of being connected to an output apparatus having printing function and copy function via a network and method of billing by system capable of being connected to an output apparatus having printing function and copy function via a network
- Patent Title (中): 能够经由网络服务器装置连接到具有打印功能和复印功能的输出装置的计费系统,该网络服务器装置能够经由网络连接到具有打印功能和复制功能的输出装置,以及能够连接到 具有打印功能和复印功能的输出设备
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Application No.: US12366136Application Date: 2009-02-05
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Publication No.: US08319998B2Publication Date: 2012-11-27
- Inventor: Takashi Kaneko , Hayato Sakae , Naoki Shimamura
- Applicant: Takashi Kaneko , Hayato Sakae , Naoki Shimamura
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2008-033447 20080214
- Main IPC: G06F3/12
- IPC: G06F3/12

Abstract:
A disclosed billing system includes a client apparatus, a multi-functional peripheral, a server apparatus and a billing apparatus. A communication unit of the billing apparatus sequentially transmits first account balance information read from a storage medium to the server apparatus; receives from the server apparatus a copy permission signal which is then transmitted to the multi-functional peripheral; receives from the multi-functional peripheral a copy-output signal regarding a copy output having been performed on the multi-functional peripheral, the copy-output signal being then transmitted to the server apparatus; and receives copy billing information transmitted from the server apparatus according to the transmitted copy-output signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090207440A1 BILLING SYSTEM, SERVER APPARATUS AND BILLING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2009-08-20
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