Patent ID: 11882256
Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  B  G | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. An information processing apparatus comprising:
a communication interface for communicating with a printing device via a network, the printing device being configured to perform image formation on a printing medium; and
a controller configured to perform:
(a) receiving a first e-mail from an external device, the first e-mail being an e-mail having a print file attached thereto and addressed to a device e-mail address assigned to the printing device;
(b) determining a fee to be charged for performing image formation on a printing medium on the basis of the print file attached to the first e-mail received in the receiving (a);
(c) generating a second e-mail including:
a first amount that is the amount of the fee determined in the determining (b); and
a first URL for a payment page for paying the first amount;

(d) transmitting the second e-mail generated in the generating (c) to the external device in reply to the first e-mail received in the receiving (a); and
(e) transmitting, after payment of the first amount is completed through access to the first URL included in the second e-mail transmitted in the transmitting (d), either print data based on the print file or storage destination information for the print data to the printing device via the communication interface.