Patent ID: 7519307
Filing Date: 2009-04-14
Classification: G03G,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for imaging device accounting, said method comprising: a) receiving imaging device (IDev) user interface (UI) display content at an IDev via an IDev UI application programming interface (API) residing on said IDev, wherein said IDev UI display content is received from a remote computing device (RCD) with an RCD application in communication with said UI API; b) displaying said IDev UI display content on an IDev UI display; c) receiving, at said imaging device (IDev) user interface (UI), user input comprising job configuration data for a job to be performed at said IDev; d) sending said job configuration data from said IDev to said RCD; e) sending, from said IDev to said RCD, pixel data related to said job; f) deriving detailed job parameters from said job configuration data and said pixel data at said RCD; g) calculating a job cost using said detailed job parameters at said RCD; h) accessing account data comprising accounting restrictions with said RCD; i) determining, at said RCD, whether said accounting restrictions will allow said job to be executed based on said job cost; j) receiving authorization, from said RCD at said IDev, authorizing said job to be executed when said job complies with said accounting restrictions; and k) executing said job on said IDev in response to receipt of said authorization.