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US 2006/0080184 A1Published application
Methods and systems for authorizing imaging device concurrent account use
AssigneeSharp Laboratories of America, Inc.
InventorsHanzhong Zhang, David Lovat
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention comprise systems, methods and devices for allowing a plurality of concurrent users to use a single imaging device account.
Claims17
A method for enabling use of an imaging device account by multiple concurrent users, said method comprising:
- a) receiving, at a remote computing device (RCD), a user account identification (ID) from an imaging device for an imaging device account;
- b) receiving job configuration data for an imaging job at said RCD from said imaging device;
- c) calculating job charges at said RCD using said job configuration data;
- d) verifying that said job charges meet accounting restrictions for said account;
- e) applying said job charges to said account prior to authorization of said job;
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- f) authorizing said imaging device to execute said job when said job charges meet said accounting restrictions.
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A system for enabling use of an imaging device account by multiple concurrent users, said system comprising:
- a) a receiver for receiving, at a remote computing device (RCD), a user account identification (ID) from an imaging device for an imaging device account;
- b) said receiver also being capable of receiving job configuration data for an imaging job at said RCD from said imaging device;
- c) a calculator for calculating job charges at said RCD using said job configuration data;
- d) an accounting manager for verifying that said job charges meet accounting restrictions for said account;
- e) said accounting manager also being capable of applying said job charges to said account prior to authorization of said job;
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- f) an account authority for authorizing said imaging device to execute said job when said job charges meet said accounting restrictions.
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A method for enabling use of an imaging device account by multiple concurrent users, said method comprising:
- a) receiving, at a remote computing device (RCD), a user account identification (ID) from an imaging device for an imaging device account;
- b) verifying the concurrent user limit for said account and granting account access for said imaging device when said access will not exceed said concurrent user limit;
- c) receiving job configuration data for an imaging job at said RCD from said imaging device;
- d) calculating initial job charges at said RCD using said job configuration data;
- e) verifying that said initial job charges meet accounting restrictions for said account;
- f) applying said initial job charges to said account prior to authorization of said job when said initial job charges meet said accounting restrictions;
- g) authorizing said imaging device to execute said job when said initial job charges meet said accounting restrictions;
- h) providing for modification of said job when said job charges do not meet said accounting restrictions;
- i) recalculating said job charges based on said modification when said job charges do not meet said accounting restrictions;
- j) applying said modified job charges to said account when said initial job charges do not meet said accounting restrictions;
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- k) sending said modified job to said imaging device for execution on said imaging device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.