Patent ID: 9436420
Filing Date: 2016-09-06
CPC Classification: G03G,G06F,G06Q,H04L,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method of monitoring usage of an image output device, comprising: receiving, from the image output device, a first message transmitted using an Internet application-layer protocol over a network, the received message including a job identifier identifying a job and resource usage information for the job, wherein the job was processed by the image output device for a registered user of the image output device; obtaining, based on the resource usage information and usage information of the registered user stored in a memory, a total resource usage of the registered user; determining whether the obtained total resource usage of the registered user reaches a predetermined threshold; and transmitting a second message over the network to a predetermined destination, when it is determined in the determining step that the obtained total resource usage of the registered user reaches the predetermined threshold.