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US 2006/0078345 A1Published application
Methods and systems for configuration-based imaging device accounting
AssigneeSharp Laboratories of America, Inc.
InventorsDavid Lovat, Hanzhong Zhang
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention comprise systems, methods and devices for configuration-based imaging device accounting wherein costs are calculated based on detailed job parameters derived from job configuration data.
Claims20
A method for imaging device accounting, said method comprising:
- a) receiving job configuration data for a job at an imaging device (IDev);
- b) sending said job configuration data to a remote computing device (RCD);
- c) deriving detailed job parameters from said job configuration data at said RCD;
- d) calculating a job cost using said detailed job parameters at said RCD;
- e) accessing account data comprising accounting restrictions with said RCD;
- f) determining whether accounting restrictions will allow said job to be executed based on said job cost;
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- g) authorizing said job to be executed when said job complies with accounting restrictions.
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A system for imaging device accounting, said system comprising:
- a) a receiver for receiving job configuration data for a job at an imaging device (IDev);
- b) a transmitter for sending said job configuration data to a remote computing device (RCD);
- c) a deriving processor for deriving detailed job parameters from said job configuration data at said RCD;
- d) a calculator for calculating a job charge using said detailed job parameters at said RCD;
- e) an accounting application for determining whether accounting restrictions will allow said job to be executed based on said job charge;
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- f) an authorizer for authorizing said job to be executed when said job complies with accounting restrictions.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.