Accounting Apparatus, Accounting Method and Computer-Readable Recording Medium for Recording Accounting Program Codes
AssigneeKyocera Mita Corporation
InventorTakuya Fukata
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Abstract
An accounting apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention includes an accounting unit, an occupancy time counting unit and a charge discounting unit. The accounting unit is configured to impose a charge for use of a device that is an object of accounting on the basis of the number of operations and/or an operation time of the device. The occupancy time counting unit is configured to count an occupancy time that the device has been exclusively used by a user. The charge discounting unit is configured to discount the charge for use of the device on the basis of the occupancy time.
Claims20
An accounting apparatus comprising:
- an accounting unit configured to impose a charge for use of a device that is an object of accounting on the basis of a number of operations and/or an operation time of the device;
- an occupancy time counting unit configured to count an occupancy time that the device has been exclusively used by a user;
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- a charge discounting unit configured to discount the charge for use of the device on the basis of the counted occupancy time.
An accounting method comprising:
- an accounting unit imposing a charge for use of a device that is an object of accounting on the basis of a number of operations and/or an operation time of the device;
- an occupancy time counting unit counting an occupancy time that the device has been exclusively used by a user;
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- a charge discounting unit discounting the charge for use of the device on the basis of the counted occupancy time.
A computer-readable recording medium that stores accounting program codes to be executed by a computer installed in an accounting apparatus, the accounting program codes comprising:
- a first program code for causing the computer to impose a charge for use of a device that is an object of accounting on the basis of a number of operations and/or an operation time of the device;
- a second program code for causing the computer to count an occupancy time that the device has been exclusively used by a user;
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- a third program code for causing the computer to discount the charge for use of the device on the basis of the counted occupancy time.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.