Device administration system that administers device use status for each administrative unit, administration information change program, charge information processing program and charge information processing method

A non-transitory computer readable recording medium storing an administration information change program thereon, the program executed by a computer when settings of a first administrative unit from among a plurality of administrative units including first administrative units and a common second administrative unit is changed in an administration device that administers usage status information of a device for each administrative unit, each first administrative unit being a user and/or an organization and the second administrative unit not being a user and/or an organization of the first administrative units, the program causing the computer to execute operations comprising:

• (a) retrieving from the administration device the usage status information for each of the first administrative units currently subjected to administration;
• (b) designating at least one of the first administrative units to be excluded as a subject of administration from among the plurality of first administrative units retrieved by step (a);
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• (c) automatically adding the usage status information of the at least one first administrative unit excluded by step (b) to the usage status information of the second administrative unit;
• wherein the device includes a storage unit comprising a first storage area storing usage status information of the first administrative units corresponding to a user and/or an organization, and a second storage area storing usage status information of the common second administrative unit not corresponding to a user and/or an organization of the first administrative units, and when one of the first administrative units is excluded from among the plurality of first administrative units, the program causes the computer to automatically adds the usage status information from the first storage area to the second storage area.

An image processing apparatus having at least one function for processing an image, comprising:

• an image processing device;
• an administration device that administers usage status information of the image processing device for each of a plurality of administrative units including a plurality of first administrative units that correspond to a user and/or an organization and a common second administrative unit that is not corresponding to a user and/or an organization of the first administrative units;
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• an administration information change device that is operable to change settings of each first administrative unit to exclude one or more of the first administrative units from among the plurality of first administrative units;
• wherein in a case where the administration information change device excludes one of the first administrative units from among the plurality of first administrative units, the administration information change device automatically adds the usage status information of the excluded administrative unit to the usage status information of the second administrative unit;
• wherein the image processing device includes a storage unit comprising a first storage area storing usage status information of the first administrative units corresponding to a user and/or an organization, and a second storage area storing usage status information of the common second administrative unit not corresponding to a user and/or an organization of the first administrative units, and when one of the first administrative units is excluded from among the plurality of first administrative units, the administration information change device automatically adds the usage status information from the first storage area to the second storage area.

A device administration system comprising:

• a device;
• an external database server;
• an administration device that administers usage status information of the device for each of a plurality of administrative units including a plurality of first administrative units that are corresponding to a user and/or an organization and a common second administrative unit that is not corresponding to a user and/or an organization of the first administrative units;
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• an administration information change device that is operable to change settings of each first administrative unit to exclude one or more of the first administrative units from among the plurality of first administrative units;
• wherein in a case where the administration information change device excludes one of the first administrative units from among the plurality of first administrative units, the administration information change device automatically adds the usage status information of the excluded administrative unit to the usage status information of the second administrative unit;
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• wherein the external database server includes a storage unit comprising a first storage area storing usage status information of the first administrative units corresponding to a user and/or an organization, and a second storage area storing usage status information of the common second administrative unit not corresponding to a user and/or an organization of the first administrative units, and when one of the first administrative units is excluded from among the plurality of first administrative units, the administration information change device automatically adds the usage status information from the first storage area to the second storage area.

A non-transitory computer readable recording medium storing an administration information change program thereon, the program executed by a computer when settings of a first administrative unit from among a plurality of administrative units including first administrative units and a common second administrative unit is changed in an administration device that administers usage status information of a device for each administrative unit, each first administrative unit being a user and/or an organization and the second administrative unit not being a user and/or an organization of the first administrative units, and the device operable to communicate with an external database server, and the program causing the computer to execute operations comprising:

• (a) retrieving from the administration device the usage status information for each of the first administrative units currently subjected to administration;
• (b) designating at least one of the first administrative units to be excluded as a subject of administration from among the plurality of first administrative units retrieved by step (a);
• and
• (c) automatically adding the usage status information of the at least one first administrative unit excluded by step (b) to the usage status information of the second administrative unit;
• wherein the external database server includes a storage unit comprising a first storage area storing usage status information of the first administrative units corresponding to a user and/or an organization, and a second storage area storing usage status information of the common second administrative unit not corresponding to a user and/or an organization of the first administrative units, and when one of the first administrative units is excluded from among the plurality of first administrative units, the program causes the computer to automatically adds the usage status information from the first storage area to the second storage area.

An image processing apparatus adapted to communicate with an external database server, and having at least one function for processing an image, comprising:

• an image processing device;
• an administration device that administers usage status information of the image processing device for each of a plurality of administrative units including a plurality of first administrative units that correspond to a user and/or an organization and a common second administrative unit that is not corresponding to a user and/or an organization of the first administrative units;
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• an administration information change device that is operable to change settings of each first administrative unit to exclude one or more of the first administrative units from among the plurality of first administrative units;
• wherein in a case where the administration information change device excludes one of the first administrative units from among the plurality of first administrative units, the administration information change device automatically adds the usage status information of the excluded administrative unit to the usage status information of the second administrative unit;
• wherein the external database server includes a storage unit comprising a first storage area storing usage status information of the first administrative units corresponding to a user and/or an organization, and a second storage area storing usage status information of the common second administrative unit not corresponding to a user and/or an organization of the first administrative units, and when one of the first administrative units is excluded from among the plurality of first administrative units, the administration information change device automatically adds the usage status information from the first storage area to the second storage area.