Patent ID: 6950205
Filing Date: 2005-09-27
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A job accounting system comprising a peripheral device managing system comprising a peripheral device, a client device, server device, and a network for connecting between the peripheral device and the client device and the server device, wherein: the server device comprising: means for receiving a job ticket request including a client user ID and an account ID from the client device; means for judging whether or not a job ticket is issued based on the job ticket request; and means for issuing the job ticket to the client device according to a result of the judgment, wherein the job ticket includes the account ID; the client device comprising: means for generating a job by attaching the job ticket issued to a job data indicating a processing subject and processing contents of the job; and means for transmitting the generated job to the peripheral device; the peripheral device comprising: means for processing the generated job; and means for notifying the server device of the account ID included in the job ticket of the processed job and a charge count for the job processing; the server comprising: means for performing charge process in accordance with the notified account ID and the notified charge count for the job processing.