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US 2006/0078346 A1Published application
Methods and systems for remote 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, at an RCD, from an imaging device (IDev);
- b) deriving detailed job parameters from said job configuration data at said RCD;
- c) calculating a job charge using said detailed job parameters at said RCD;
- d) accessing account data comprising accounting restrictions with said RCD;
- e) determining whether accounting restrictions will allow said job to be executed based on said job charge;
- and
- f) sending a job authorization to said IDev when said job complies with accounting restrictions.
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A method for imaging device accounting, said method comprising:
- a) receiving job configuration data, at an RCD, from an imaging device (IDev);
- b) deriving detailed job parameters from said job configuration data at said RCD;
- c) calculating a job charge using said detailed job parameters at said RCD;
- d) sending said job charge data to a remote accounting application to determine whether said job charge meets accounting restrictions;
- e) receiving an accounting job authorization from said remote accounting application when said job charge meets accounting restrictions;
- and
- f) sending a job execution authorization to said IDev when said job accounting authorization is received at said RCD.
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An apparatus for imaging device accounting, said apparatus comprising:
- a) a receiver for receiving job configuration data, at an RCD, from an imaging device (IDev);
- b) a deriving processor for deriving detailed job parameters from said job configuration data at said RCD;
- c) a calculator for calculating a job cost using said detailed job parameters at said RCD;
- d) a communication link for accessing account data comprising accounting restrictions with said RCD;
- e) an accounting processor for determining whether accounting restrictions will allow said job to be executed based on said job cost;
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- f) a sender for sending a job authorization to said IDev when said job complies with accounting restrictions.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.