IP Library Granted Patent US 11,657,435
Granted Patent B2
US 11,657,435 · App. 16/806,156 · Granted May 23, 2023

Information processing system, information processing apparatus, and server

Inventors: Dawei Yang (Kanagawa, JP); Takuya Deguchi (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
G06Q30/04G06Q10/10G06Q20/085G06Q20/4014G06Q40/02H04W12/06H04W12/40
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Patent No.
US 11,657,435
App. No.
16/806,156
Granted
May 23, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information processing system includes a first apparatus, a second apparatus providing a service for fee, and a server. The first apparatus transmits, to the server, identification information and settlement destination information in an associated form, the identification information identifying use of the service, the settlement destination information stored on the first apparatus and identifying a settlement destination of a usage fee for the use of the service. The second apparatus transmits to the server the identification information and fee information in an associated form, the fee information indicating the usage fee for the use identified by the identification information. The server settles the usage fee indicated by the fee information at the settlement destination identified the settlement destination information associated with the identification information.

Claims (29)

1. An information processing system comprising a first apparatus, a second apparatus providing a service for fee, and a server,

wherein the first apparatus transmits, to the server, identification information and settlement destination information in an associated form, the identification information identifying use of the service, the settlement destination information stored on the first apparatus and identifying a settlement destination of a usage fee for the use of the service,

wherein the second apparatus first performs an image processing service and subsequently transmits to the server the identification information and fee information in an associated form, the fee information indicating the usage fee for the use identified by the identification information,

wherein the server settles the usage fee indicated by the fee information at the settlement destination identified by the settlement destination information associated with the identification information,

wherein the second apparatus wirelessly outputs the identification information, and

wherein the first apparatus authenticates a user and acquires the received identification information via a function that is available if the user has been authenticated, and transmits the acquired identification information to the server.

2. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the second apparatus displays code information indicating the identification information, and

wherein the first apparatus acquires the identification information read from the displayed code information.

3. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the server transmits to the second apparatus the identification information received from the first apparatus, and

wherein the second apparatus starts providing the service if the identification information has been received from the server.

4. The information processing system according to claim 2 , wherein the server transmits to the second apparatus the identification information received from the first apparatus, and

wherein the second apparatus starts providing the service if the identification information has been received from the server.

5. The information processing system according to claim 3 , wherein the first apparatus transmits, to the server, unique information on the first apparatus or a user together with the identification information and the settlement destination information, and

wherein the server transmits the identification information to the second apparatus if the received unique information satisfies a usage condition.

6. The information processing system according to claim 5 , wherein the unique information is associated with a service that is available, and

wherein the usage condition is satisfied if the unique information and the identification information identifying the use of the service associated with the unique information have been received.

7. The information processing system according to claim 6 , wherein a usage amount of the service is accumulated in association with the unique information, and

wherein the usage condition is satisfied if the usage amount associated with the unique information is less than a specific reference value.

8. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the second apparatus transmits to the server, as the fee information, information indicating the usage fee cost throughout a period of time that continues from when the second apparatus starts providing the service until an end condition is satisfied.

9. The information processing system according to claim 8 , wherein the end condition is satisfied if a distance between the first apparatus and the second apparatus exceeds a threshold value.

10. The information processing system according to claim 9 , wherein the end condition is satisfied if an operation is not input on the second apparatus throughout a constant period of time.

11. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the second apparatus repeatedly transmits to the server, as the fee information, content information indicating contents of the service and deletes the content information each time the content information has been transmitted.

12. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the first apparatus authenticates a user and transmits the identification information and the settlement destination information to the server via a function that is available if the user has been authenticated.

13. A server comprising:

a first acquisition unit that acquires, from an external apparatus, identification information identifying use of a service for fee by a user who uses a providing apparatus that provides the user with the service and settlement destination information identifying a settlement destination of a usage fee for the use, the service being an image processing service;

a second acquisition unit that acquires from the providing apparatus the identification information and fee information indicating the usage fee for the use identified by the identification information; and

a processing unit that settles the usage fee indicated by the acquired fee information at the settlement destination identified by the settlement destination information associated with the identification information,

wherein the providing apparatus wirelessly outputs the identification information to the second acquisition unit, and

wherein the external apparatus authenticates a user and acquires the identification information via a function that is available if the user has been authenticated, and transmits the acquired identification information to the first acquisition unit.

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 Mar 2, 2020
From: YANG, DAWEI; DEGUCHI, TAKUYA
To: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 051978/0559 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-172116 · Sep 20, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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