公开(公告)号：US20180025338A1

公开(公告)日：2018-01-25

申请号：US15628182

申请日：2017-06-20

Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.

Inventor： Takeshi ARAYA

IPC: G06Q20/20 ,  G06F17/30 ,  G06Q30/02

CPC classification number: G06Q20/201 ,  G06F16/00 ,  G06Q10/20 ,  G06Q30/0207 ,  G06Q30/0283

Abstract: An image forming system includes a charging management server and a plurality of image forming apparatuses managed by the charging management server. The charging management server and the plurality of image forming apparatuses are connected to a network. The charging management server uses a management database to obtain a model name of a target image forming apparatus, uses a model-release date table to obtain the release date of the target image forming apparatus, calculates a count of elapsed days since the release date to the present, and uses the count of elapsed days to obtain a discount rate in charging for the target image forming apparatus based on a discount rate table.

公开(公告)号：US20190171504A1

公开(公告)日：2019-06-06

申请号：US16204590

申请日：2018-11-29

Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.

Inventor： Takeshi ARAYA

IPC: G06F9/54

Abstract: A wrap server executes operates as an API call receiver module that receives a unified API call from each of the one or more external systems, an API call converter module that converts an API call received by the API call receiver module into an API call corresponding to the contract information on a basis of the contract table and a user name of the user as request-source information, the request-source information being an argument of an API call received by the API call receiver module, a converted API call module that calls a Web API supplied by the central system by using the API call converted by the API call converter module, and an information return module that returns information to an external system that called the wrap server, the information being returned by an API call from the converted API call module to the central system.

公开(公告)号：US20180239554A1

公开(公告)日：2018-08-23

申请号：US15903763

申请日：2018-02-23

Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.

Inventor： Takeshi ARAYA

IPC: G06F3/06

CPC classification number: G06F3/0646 ,  G06F3/0619 ,  G06F3/0638 ,  G06F3/067 ,  G06F3/1207 ,  G06F3/1229 ,  G06F3/1285

Abstract: Provided is a linking server that can easily link outputted data with another system. The linking server includes: a communication unit that is capable of communicating between a management server that collects one or more pieces of operating information from one or more image forming apparatus, and an external system that performs processing using the one or more pieces of operating information; a storage unit; an input/output unit that acquires the one or more pieces of operating information that is outputted from the management server, and stores that operating information in the storage unit; and a packaging unit that acquires the one or more pieces of operating information, generates compressed data by performing a compression process and a packaging process, and writes the generated compressed data back into the storage unit; wherein the input/output unit outputs the compressed data to the external system.

公开(公告)号：US20160219102A1

公开(公告)日：2016-07-28

申请号：US15001404

申请日：2016-01-20

Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.

Inventor： Koki NAKAJIMA ,  Takeshi ARAYA ,  Toru YASUI ,  Takumi NAKAMURA ,  Hiromasa AKAMATSU

IPC: H04L29/08

CPC classification number: H04L41/28 ,  H04L41/048

Abstract: A device management system for managing a plurality of image forming apparatuses includes a management state determination section and a management state notification section. The management state determination section determines whether or not each of the image forming apparatuses is appropriately managed based on information from an application for managing the image forming apparatuses. The management state notification section sends to a specified address an inappropriate management notification indicating that a given one of the image forming apparatuses is not appropriately managed. The management state notification section sends out the inappropriate management notification when the management state determination section determines that a given one of the image forming apparatuses is not appropriately managed (S135, S140, and S144).

Abstract translation: 用于管理多个图像形成装置的装置管理系统包括管理状态确定部和管理状态通知部。 管理状态确定部分基于来自用于管理图像形成装置的应用的信息来确定每个图像形成装置是否被适当地管理。 管理状态通知部向指定的地址发送指示图像形成装置中的给定的一个未被适当地管理的不适当的管理通知。 管理状态通知部在管理状态判定部确定图像形成装置中的给定的一个未被适当地管理时发送不适当的管理通知（S135，S140，S144）。

公开(公告)号：US20190068826A1

公开(公告)日：2019-02-28

申请号：US16058833

申请日：2018-08-08

Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.

Inventor： Takeshi ARAYA

IPC: H04N1/32 ,  H04N1/00

CPC classification number: H04N1/32641 ,  H04N1/00344 ,  H04N1/32651

Abstract: Provided is an image forming system capable of dead/alive monitoring without adding a special apparatus.An information-transmitting unit of an image forming apparatus transmits management information. A management-information-acquiring unit of a front-end server acquires the management information from the image forming apparatus. An analyzing unit of a back-end server analyzes the management information acquired by the management-information-acquiring unit. An interval-instructing unit of the front-end server, at specified time intervals accumulates instructions for the analyzing unit. The dead/alive-monitoring unit counts the number of messages not acquired by the analyzing unit, and when the number of messages is equal to or greater than a specified threshold value, determines the analyzing unit is not operating.

公开(公告)号：US20200301637A1

公开(公告)日：2020-09-24

申请号：US16814005

申请日：2020-03-10

Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.

Inventor： Takeshi ARAYA

IPC: G06F3/12 ,  H04N1/32

Abstract: A server of a management system queues a schedule when an enqueue condition for queuing the schedule for transmitting counter information collected from an image forming apparatus is satisfied, and dequeues and executes the schedule when a dequeue condition for dequeuing the schedule is satisfied.

公开(公告)号：US20200301632A1

公开(公告)日：2020-09-24

申请号：US16813951

申请日：2020-03-10

Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.

Inventor： Takeshi ARAYA

IPC: G06F3/12

Abstract: A server of a management system transmits counter information collected from an image forming apparatus and a toner order request according to information regarding toner in the image forming apparatus. The server queues the toner order request when the request is failed, and dequeues the toner order request to execute the toner order request when a dequeue condition for dequeuing the toner order request is satisfied.