Patent ID: 7158946
Filing Date: 2007-01-02
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A remote managing system for managing plural image forming apparatuses and plural types of maintenance agreements relating to the image forming apparatuses, comprising: a receiver that receives information of a number of printed paper sheets output by an image forming apparatus, together with an identifier of the image forming apparatus, via a communication path; a memory that stores a variety of unit prices per paper sheet to be output by each of the image forming apparatuses, wherein each of the variety of unit prices is associated with an identifier of an image forming apparatus and a type of maintenance agreement for the image forming apparatus; and a calculation section that calculates a payable amount for an image forming apparatus having the identifier on the basis of(i) the number of printed paper sheets received by said receiver, associated with the identifier and (ii) a unit price of the variety of unit prices, stored in said memory, associated with the identifier and the type of maintenance agreement for the image forming apparatus.