IP Library Granted Patent US 11,134,169
Granted Patent B2
US 11,134,169 · App. 16/714,784 · Granted Sep 28, 2021

Information processing device, information management device, information processing system, and non-transitory computer readable medium

Inventor: Hironori Tanaka (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
H04N1/344H04N1/342H04N1/346
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Patent No.
US 11,134,169
App. No.
16/714,784
Granted
Sep 28, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information processing device is provided with a provision unit, a reception unit, and a control unit. The provision unit provides a service. The reception unit receives a billing destination of a fee with respect to a use of the service from among multiple destinations including a first organization that manages the service and a second organization different from the first organization. The control unit forwards, to an external device, a request to use the service including a request for verification of the billing destination received by the reception unit, controls the provision of the service by the provision unit in accordance with a response from the external device regarding the forwarded request, and causes a usage history of the service to be stored in association with the billing destination received by the reception unit.

Claims (46)

1. An information processing device comprising:

a processor, configured to:

provide a service;

receive a billing destination of a fee with respect to a use of the service from among a plurality of destinations including a first organization that manages the service and a second organization that does not manage the service and is different from the first organization;

determine whether an organization different from the first organization managing the service has been designated as the billing destination;

in response to the second organization being designated as the billing destination, forward, to an external device, a request to use the service including a request for verification of the billing destination control the provision of the service in accordance with a response from the external device regarding the forwarded request, cause a usage history of the service to be stored in association with the billing destination, and provide the service managed by the first organization to a user in the second organization in a case of receiving a response indicating that the second organization is confirmed in response to the verification request; and

in response to the first organization being designated as the billing destination, provide the service to a user in the first organization.

2. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein

the processor receives a billing destination detected from target information that is a target of the service.

3. The information processing device according to claim 2 , wherein

in a case where the billing destination is not successfully detected from the target information, the processor receives a predetermined billing destination.

4. The information processing device according to claim 1 further comprising:

an input device that inputs the billing destination when the service is provided, and the processor receives the billing destination input by the input device.

5. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein

the processor further acquires predetermined identification information and receives the billing destination predetermined in association with the identification information.

6. An information processing device comprising:

a memory that stores a usage history of a service; and

a processor, configured to:

provide the service;

receive a specification of a billing destination of a fee with respect to a use of the service from among a plurality of destinations including a first organization that manages the service and a second organization that does not manage the service and is different from the first organization;

in a case where the billing destination is the second organization forward, to an external device, a request to use the service including a request for verification of the billing destination control the provision of the service in accordance with a response from the external device regarding the forwarded request, cause a usage history of the service to be stored in the memory in association with the second organization, and provide the service managed by the first organization to a user in the second organization in accordance with a response indicating that the second organization is confirmed from the external device in response to the verification request; and

in a case where the billing destination is the first organization, provide the service to a user in the first organization and cause a usage history of the service to be stored in the memory in association with the first organization.

7. An information management device comprising:

a memory that stores associations between a plurality of information processing devices that provide a service and organizations that manage the plurality of information processing devices;

a processor that receives, from one of the plurality of information processing devices, a notification indicating that a request to use a service has been received, the use of the service being billed to a billing destination, the billing destination being a second organization that does not manage the service and is different from a first organization that manages the information processing device; and

a communication channel interface that transmits a result of confirming whether or not the second organization is stored in the memory to the information processing device from which the notification is received, wherein a user in the second organization is provided the service by the information processing device from which the notification is received in a case of the result of the second organization is confirmed,

wherein the processor receives usage histories of the service from the information processing devices and totals the usage histories as a history to be billed to the second organization.

8. The information management device according to claim 7 ,

wherein the processor further uses a result of the totaling to bill a fee for the use of the service to each billing destination.

9. An information processing system comprising:

the information processing device according to claim 1 ; and

the information management device according to claim 7 .

10. An information processing system comprising:

the information processing device according to claim 1 ; and

the information management device according to claim 8 .

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

providing a service;

receiving a billing destination of a fee with respect to a use of the service from among a plurality of destinations including a first organization that manages the service and a second organization that does not manage the service and is different from the first organization;

determining whether an organization different from the first organization managing the service has been designated as the billing destination;

in response to the second organization being designated as the billing destination, forwarding, to an external device, a request to use the service including a request for verification of the received billing destination, controlling the provision of the service in accordance with a response from the external device regarding the forwarded request, causing a usage history of the service to be stored in association with the received billing destination, and providing the service managed by the first organization to a user in the second organization in a case of receiving a response indicating that the second organization is confirmed in response to the verification request; and

in response to the first organization being designated as the billing destination, providing the service to a user in the first organization.

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

storing associations between a plurality of information processing devices that provide a service and organizations that manage the plurality of information processing devices;

receiving, from one of the plurality of information processing devices, a notification indicating that a request to use a service has been received, the use of the service being billed to a billing destination, the billing destination being a second organization that does not manage the service and is different from a first organization that manages the information processing device;

transmitting a result of confirming whether or not the second organization is stored to the information processing device from which the notification is received, wherein a user in the second organization is provided the service by the information processing device from which the notification is received in a case of the result of the second organization is confirmed; and

receiving usage histories of the service from the information processing devices and totaling the usage histories as a history to be billed to the second organization.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 20, 2021
From: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
To: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
Reel/Frame 056295/0468 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 26, 2019
From: TANAKA, HIRONORI
To: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 051365/0044 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-090903 · May 13, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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