BILLING SYSTEM AND COLLATION PROGRAM

• Main Authors: SHIRAISHI HIROKO, SHISHIDO RIE, TANAKA TETSUYA
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 06.03.2008
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORYOR FORECASTING PURPOSES; PHYSICS; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTINGPURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a billing system and a collation program to easily confirm a fee charge based on the use of equipment. SOLUTION: Use detailed data including the number of output sheets and output conditions for output is prepared in a multifunction machine 100 and transferred to a billing information generating device 200 in a totaling center and to a client PC 110. Billing information including the charged amount and a hash value computed based on the use detailed data in the request information generating device 200 is transferred to the client PC 110. The client PC 110 requests the composite machine 100 to prepare the hash value of account detail data received from the multifunction machine 100. The multifunction machine 100 computes the hash value upon confirming no alteration, and transfers it to the client PC 110. The client PC compares the respective received hash values to confirm whether the charged amount is based on the use of the multifunction machine 100. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT