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US 2020/0280650 A1Published application
Image processing apparatus, image processing system, and control method for activating an application therein
AssigneeToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHiroyuki KATO
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Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes a storage unit in which a usage quantity of each of the functions is stored, and a processor configured to control activation of the application, based on the usage quantity of the function employed by the application.
Claims20
An image processing apparatus configured to execute an application that employs a function of the image processing apparatus, comprising:
- a storage unit in which a usage quantity is stored for each of a plurality of users;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- determine whether a license for the application is valid;
- and
- if the license is determined to be not valid, control activation of the application for a user, based on the usage quantity for the function stored in the storage unit for the user
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An image processing system comprising:
- a plurality of image processing apparatuses, each configured to execute an application that employs a function;
- and
- a management device configured to manage the plurality of image processing apparatuses,
- wherein the management device includes:
- a storage unit in which a usage quantity for the function is stored for each of a plurality of users, and
- a processor configured to determine whether a license for the application is valid, in response to a request to activate the application received from one of the plurality of image processing apparatuses, and if the license of the application is determined to be not valid, the processor is configured to determine whether the stored usage quantity for the function stored in the storage unit for the user exceeds a threshold value, and
- wherein each of the image processing apparatuses includes:
- a processor configured to control activation of the application based on determination results returned by the management device in response to a request to activate the application.
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A control method for activating an application in an image processing apparatus, wherein the application employs a function of the image processing apparatus, the method comprising:
- storing a usage quantity for the function for each of a plurality of users of the image processing apparatus;
- determining whether a license for an application is valid, and if the license is determined to be not valid, determining whether the stored usage quantity for the function employed by the application selected by a user for activation exceeds a threshold quantity;
- and
- controlling activation of the application based on whether the usage quantity of the function by the user exceeds the threshold quantity.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.