IP Library Granted Patent US 11,099,792
Granted Patent B2
US 11,099,792 · App. 16/538,885 · Granted Aug 24, 2021

Information processing system, image processing apparatus, non-transitory computer readable medium for sorting billing information into billing destinations

Inventor: Masanori Aoki (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
G06F3/1204G06F3/1243G06F3/1273H04N1/34
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Patent No.
US 11,099,792
App. No.
16/538,885
Granted
Aug 24, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information processing system includes an image processing apparatus and an information processing apparatus. The image processing apparatus includes a printing unit that prints a document selected by a user and a transmitting unit that transmits, to the information processing apparatus, identification information on a storage location having stored the document and billing information on billing related to printing the document. The information processing apparatus includes a receiving unit that receiving from the image processing apparatus the identification information and the billing information and a bill processing unit that performs by using the billing information a billing process on each billing destination corresponding to the identification information.

Claims (39)

1. An information processing system comprising:

an image processing apparatus;

an information processing apparatus,

wherein the image processing apparatus comprises a first processor programmed to perform control to:

print a document selected by a user; and

transmit to the information processing apparatus: (i) identification information that identifies a storage location at which the document is stored in a memory; and (ii) billing information related to printing the document, the storage location being one of a plurality of storage locations created for each of a plurality of billing destinations; and

store the identification information on the storage location to set the identification information to be undeletable or unmodifiable,

wherein the information processing apparatus comprises a second processor programed to perform control to:

receive from the image processing apparatus the identification information and the billing information; and

use the billing information to perform, for each billing destination corresponding to the storage location identified by the identification information, a billing process related to the printing of the document, and

wherein the billing information regarding each of a plurality of printed documents is sorted into respective storage locations of each of the plurality of storage locations identified by the identification information, according to the respective billing destinations, without the user expressly specifying the billing destination corresponding to the printed document.

2. An image processing apparatus comprising:

a processor programmed to perform control to:

print a document selected by a user;

transmit to an information processing apparatus: (i) identification information that identifies a storage location at which the document is stored in a memory; and (ii) billing information related to printing the document, the storage location being one of a plurality of storage locations created for each of a plurality of billing destinations,

wherein the billing information regarding each of a plurality of printed documents is sorted into respective storage locations of each of the plurality of storage locations identified by the identification information, according to the respective billing destinations without the user expressly specifying the billing destination corresponding to the printed document; and

store the identification information on the storage location to set the identification information to be undeletable or unmodifiable.

3. The image processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the processor is programmed to perform control to set the identification information to be deletable or modifiable on condition that an operation on the image processing apparatus is an operation of the user.

4. An image processing apparatus comprising:

a processor programmed to perform control to:

print a document selected by a user;

transmit to an information processing apparatus: (i) identification information that identifies a storage location at which the document is stored in a memory; and (ii) billing information related to printing the document, the storage location being one of a plurality of storage locations created for each of a plurality of billing destinations,

wherein the billing information regarding each of a plurality of printed documents is sorted into respective storage locations of each of the plurality of storage locations identified by the identification information, according to the respective billing destinations without the user expressly specifying the billing destination corresponding to the printed document; and

set the identification information to be deletable or modifiable and to store, on the storage location, identification information that is intended to be stored on a second storage location related to the storage location.

5. The image processing apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the processor is programmed to perform control to:

receive the billing information which has undergone a billing process of the information processing apparatus,

wherein when the billing information is printed, the transmitting unit transmits to the information processing apparatus the identification information stored on the storage location,

wherein the printing unit prints the billing information received from the information processing apparatus, and

wherein when the billing information is printed, the controller indicates to the user an indication that billing information related to the second storage location has not been printed if the billing information related to the second storage location has not been printed.

6. The image processing apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the processor is programmed to perform control to:

receive billing information which has undergone a billing process of the information processing apparatus,

wherein when the billing information is printed, the transmitting unit transmits to the information processing apparatus the identification information stored on the storage location,

wherein the printing unit prints the billing information received from the information processing apparatus, and

wherein if the second storage location has been deleted or the identification information on the second storage location has been deleted or modified when the billing information is printed, the controller sets billing information related to the second storage location to be printable by using the identification information on the second storage location in the storage location.

7. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for processing an image, the process comprising:

printing a document selected by a user;

transmitting to an information processing apparatus: (i) identification information that identifies a storage location at which the document is stored in a memory; and (ii) billing information related to printing the document, the storage location being one of a plurality of storage locations created for each of a plurality of billing designations,

wherein the billing information regarding each of a plurality of printed documents is sorted into respective storage locations of each of the plurality of storage locations identified by the identification information, according to the respective billing destinations without the user expressly specifying the billing destination corresponding to the printed document; and

storing the identification information on the storage location to set the identification information to be undeletable or unmodifiable.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 28, 2021
From: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
To: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
Reel/Frame 056078/0098 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 13, 2019
From: AOKI, MASANORI
To: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 050033/0711 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-037723 · Mar 1, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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