Charging system for charging for image processing conducted based on image data, image processing apparatus, and charging program embodied on computer readable medium

An image processing apparatus comprising:

• a transmitting source accepting portion to accept transmitting source specifying information for specifying a transmitting user;
• a destination accepting portion to accept destination specifying information for specifying a user as a destination of data;
• a specifying portion to accept specifying of the data;
• a procedure accepting portion to accept a processing procedure defining processing executed with respect to the specified data;
• an apparatus determining portion to acquire apparatus identification information for identifying a destination apparatus corresponding to the destination;
• a restriction information acquiring portion to acquire capacity information defining processing executable by the destination apparatus;
• a charging portion to determine a predetermined cost for the processing procedure, and to, when the processing defined by the capacity information does not include part of the processing defined by the processing procedure, execute charging processing such that the predetermined cost is charged in a divided manner to the transmitting user and the destination user, wherein the divided manner is determined by taking into consideration both the processing procedure and the processing defined by the capacity information;
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• a processor configured to control at least the foregoing portions.

An image processing apparatus comprising:

• a processing procedure receiving portion to receive from a transmitting apparatus a processing procedure defining processing executed with respect to data and destination specifying information for specifying a user as a destination of the data;
• a restriction information acquiring portion to acquire capacity information defining processing executable by said restriction information acquiring portion's own apparatus;
• a charging portion to determine a predetermined cost for the processing procedure, and to, when the processing defined by the capacity information does not include part of the processing defined by the processing procedure, execute charging processing such that the predetermined cost is charged in a divided manner to the transmitting user and the destination user, wherein the divided manner is determined by taking into consideration both the processing procedure and the processing defined by the capacity information;
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• a processor configured to control at least the foregoing portions.

A nontransitory computer readable medium having encoded thereon a charging program, said charging program causing a computer to execute the steps of:

• accepting transmitting source specifying information for specifying a transmitting user;
• accepting destination specifying information for specifying a user as a destination of data;
• accepting specifying of the data;
• accepting a processing procedure defining processing executed with respect to the specified data;
• acquiring apparatus identification information for identifying a destination apparatus corresponding to the destination;
• acquiring capacity information defining processing executable by the destination apparatus;
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• executing charging processing for determining a predetermined cost for the processing procedure, such that when the processing defined by the capacity information does not include part of the processing defined by the processing procedure, the predetermined cost is charged in a divided manner to the transmitting user and the destination user, wherein the divided manner is determined by taking into consideration both the processing procedure and the processing defined by the capacity information.

A nontransitory computer readable medium having encoded thereon a charging program, said charging program causing a computer to execute the steps of:

• receiving from a transmitting apparatus a processing procedure defining processing executed with respect to data and destination specifying information for specifying a user as a destination of the data;
• acquiring capacity information defining processing executable by an apparatus provided with said computer;
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• executing charging processing for determining a predetermined cost for the processing procedure, such that when the processing defined by the capacity information does not include part of the processing defined by the processing procedure, the predetermined cost is charged in a divided manner to the transmitting user and the destination user, wherein the divided manner is determined by taking into consideration both the processing procedure and the processing defined by the capacity information.