Patent ID: 8296202
Filing Date: 2012-10-23
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A task management system comprising: an attribute information acquiring unit that acquires attribute information, the attribute information indicating an attribute corresponding to document data of a document; a billing destination information generator that extracts a billing destination of a cost resulting from performance of a task and that generates billing destination information indicating the billing destination, the billing destination being extracted from the attribute information acquired from the document; a process content information storage that stores process content information indicating a content of a process performed on the document data by a task terminal used by a task performer; a task content specifier that monitors use of the document by the task performer to determine an order of processes performed on the document and that identifies a content of the task performed on the document by the task performer based on the process content information stored in the process content information storage and the order of the processes performed on the document; a cost correlation storage that stores a correlation of the content of the task and a cost associated with the performance of the task; a billing amount information generator that generates billing amount information indicating an amount to be billed to the billing destination based on the content of the task specified by the task content specifier and the correlation stored in the cost correlation storage; and a billing information storage that correlates and stores the billing destination information and the billing amount information, wherein the process content information stored in the process content information storage is information on at least one of a process of reading document data, a process of displaying a document based on the document data, a process of searching for the document data, a process of writing data to the document data, a process of transmitting the document data to an external device, a process of storing the document data, and a process of printing the document data in the task terminal, wherein the process content information on the process of printing the document data includes device identification information assigned to a printer having performed the printing operation or device type information indicating the type of the printer, and wherein the task management system further comprises: