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Charge calculation apparatus, charge calculation method and charge calculation system

A computing device and computing method technology, applied in computing, data processing applications, coin-operated equipment for distributing discrete items, etc., can solve problems such as cumbersome time and effort

Inactive Publication Date: 2018-10-09
SEIKO EPSON CORP
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In addition, in the above document, it is necessary to prepare an IC card for each user in advance, and record information such as the remaining number of sheets for each user in the IC card, which is cumbersome.

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[0102] Depending on the user's business, the number of printed sheets may vary depending on the period. For example, assume a case where the number of printed sheets significantly increases in a specific period (year-end, etc.) compared to other periods. In this case, the user desires to suppress an increase in the billing amount as much as possible even when the number of printed sheets is large. Therefore, the charge calculation device (system) may also accumulate the carryover amount of consumables related to the printer 20 over a plurality of periods in advance, and apply the accumulated amount to the charge calculation of the printer 20 in a predetermined specific period. carryover amount.

[0103] As an example, it is assumed that the charge calculation device (system) sets the specific period to which the carry-over amount of consumables is applied in the above-mentioned contract to December every year when the printing volume is expected to increase based on the appli...

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[0105] The fee calculation device (system) may give the user a discount according to the printing usage period of the printer 20 , that is, the length of the contract period with the operator. In this case, the fee calculation unit 42 counts the number of years (or months) of the contract period with the operator for each printer 20, and sets the number of points for each printer 20 according to a predetermined point award rule. Bonus points corresponding to the length of such a contract period. The bonus points are stored in the storage unit 23 or the storage unit 33 . The bonus point is the right to use a predetermined amount of consumables for free, and its unit is, for example, the number of printed sheets. Bonus points belong to the free additional amount of consumables in the present invention.

[0106] When calculating the fee for a certain period (calculation target period) of the printer 20, the fee calculation unit 42 acquires bonus points corresponding to the prin...

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[0108] Information presented to the user by the display unit 24 of the printer 20 (for example, the UI screen 50 ) may be displayed on a display device of a terminal such as a PC (not shown) connected to the printer 20 . For example, the printer 20 functions as a kind of server on the network NW, and provides web pages for displaying various information. The external PC accesses the web page through the installed browser function, and presents the UI screen 50 and the like to the user through its own display device. In addition, each process such as periodic transmission of printer information to the server 30, calculation of carry-over amount, and calculation of charges, which has been described as the processing executed by the printer 20, may be performed by connecting the printer 20 so that the printer information and the like can be appropriately obtained from the printer 20. The above external PC to execute.

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Abstract

The invention provides a charge calculation apparatus, a charge calculation method and a charge calculation system for making it possible to perform, for the user, more proper charge calculation. Thecharge calculation apparatus includes: a consumed amount acquisition section that acquires an amount of a consumable consumed for printing in a first period; a carried-forward amount calculation section that calculates a carried-forward amount of the consumable on a basis of the consumed amount and a base amount of the consumable for the first period; and a charge calculation section that calculates an amount of money charged for printing on a basis of the carried-forward amount. The consumed amount acquisition section acquires a second consumed amount that is an amount of the consumable consumed for printing in a second period that is posterior to the first period. The charge calculation section calculates the amount of money charged for the second period on a basis of the second consumedamount, a second base amount that is a base amount of the consumable for the second period, and the carried-forward amount.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to a fee calculation device, a fee calculation method and a fee calculation system. Background technique [0002] A user who prints using a printer is billed for the printing. [0003] Also disclosed is an image forming apparatus that performs addition processing of adding a preset upper limit value per predetermined period to the currently printable remaining number of sheets written in an IC card, and converts the remaining number of sheets into It is rewritten as the value of the result of the addition process (see Patent Document 1). [0004] prior art literature [0005] patent documents [0006] Patent Document 1: Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2009-286007 [0007] As for printing-related billing, it needs to be properly performed in a manner approved by the user. In addition, in the document described above, it is necessary to prepare an IC card for each user in advance, and to record information such as the remaining n...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): G07F17/26
CPCG07F17/26G03G21/02G06F3/1204G06F3/1239G06F3/1259G06F3/1285G06F2206/1504G06Q40/12H04N1/346G06Q30/0283
Inventor 上嶋恭一铃木启之西胁和也
Owner SEIKO EPSON CORP