Patent ID: 6216113
Filing Date: 2001-04-10
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
A printing machine billing system for a printing machine electrically interconnected over a network to a plurality of electronic workstations, each of the workstations having user interfaces, the printing machine having a plurality of modes of operation, each mode operable to effect recurring events, the printing machine including apparatus for generating a weighted total of said events by assigning weighting factors to each event, the apparatus comprising counting means for generating an output related to said events, weighting means for generating a plurality of weighting factors, the weighting factors being a function of the events, and a totalizer responsive to the counting means, the weighting factors, and the mode of operation to determine a billing charge, the network including means to verify an access code and account number from a workstation whereby the billing charge of the totalizer is charged to said account number.