Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Charging system for charging for image processing conducted based on image data, image processing apparatus, and charging program embodied on computer readable medium
- Patent Title (中): 基于计算机可读介质上体现的图像数据,图像处理装置和计费程序进行图像处理的计费系统
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Application No.: US11954058Application Date: 2007-12-11
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Publication No.: US08751410B2Publication Date: 2014-06-10
- Inventor: Mitsuzo Iwaki , Masahiro Kitamura , Kenichi Takahashi , Daisuke Sakiyama
- Applicant: Mitsuzo Iwaki , Masahiro Kitamura , Kenichi Takahashi , Daisuke Sakiyama
- Applicant Address: JP Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo
- Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo
- Agency: Buchanan Ingersoll Rooney PC
- Priority: JP2006-356076 20061228
- Main IPC: G06F17/00
- IPC: G06F17/00 ; G06Q10/00

Abstract:
In order to charge a proper amount of money to the transmitting source and the destination, an MFP accepts transmitting source specifying information for identifying a transmitting user, destination specifying information for specifying a data destination, specifying of the data, and a processing procedure defining processing executed with respect to the specified data. The MFP acquires apparatus identification information for identifying a destination apparatus corresponding to the destination and capacity information defining processing executable by the destination apparatus. The MFP then compares the processing procedure with acquired restriction information. When the processing defined by the capacity information does not include part of the processing defined by the processing procedure, the MFP charges a processing charge for the data in a divided manner to the transmitting user and the destination user.
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