Patent ID: 7072866
Filing Date: 2006-07-04
Classification: G03G,H04N

Abstract:
1. A charge calculation apparatus comprising: a first determination unit configured to determine whether or not application software, which is selected from application software provided by another apparatus connected via a network and used via the network, is an accounting object, wherein the selected application software is used to create and/or edit data by a user operation via the network; a first calculation unit configured to calculate a software charge for performing a predetermined process by using the selected application software, in accordance with determination by said first determination unit; a second determination unit configured to determine whether or not an output device, which is selected from a plurality of output devices to receive via the network the data created and/or edited by the selected application software and to output the data, is an accounting object; a second calculation unit configured to calculate a device charge for using the selected output device, in accordance with determination by said second determination unit; and a third calculation unit configured to calculate a total charge of a data output process based on the respective charges calculated by said first and second calculation unit.