Patent ID: 8671173

Claim:
An information processing device which counts amount of print for users who use a printing device which executes a printing process, said information processing device comprising: a communication unit receiving first discrimination information of a first user to inquire the first user of permission to count amount of print in printing process instructed by a second user as the amount of print corresponding to the first user, receiving second discrimination information of the second user who instructs the printing process, sending, after the printing process instructed by the second user is executed, inquiry of the permission to count amount of print in the printing process as the amount of print corresponding to the first user to mail address corresponding to the first user specified by the first discrimination information, and receiving the permission; and a control unit judging whether or not the permission is received by said communication unit, counting, in a case where it is judged that the permission is received by said communication unit, amount of print in the printing process instructed by the second user, as the amount of print corresponding to the first user based on the first discrimination information, and counting, in a case where it is judged that the permission is not received by said communication unit, amount of print in the printing process instructed by the second user, as the amount of print corresponding to the second user based on the second discrimination information.