Patent ID: 8498912

Claim:
A management system, comprising: an apparatus including an executing unit configured to execute a specific application; a value acquiring unit configured to acquire a count value of result items corresponding to a process content of the specific application executed by the executing unit, each result item corresponding to a result of the specific application; and a sending unit configured to send the count value of result items acquired by the value acquiring unit and information identifying the specific application corresponding to the value to a management server; and the management server including a memory storing a price-per-result-item for each of a plurality of applications including the specific application; a receiving unit configured to receive the value of result items and the identifying information identifying the specific application from the apparatus; and a calculating unit configured to calculates a price for using the specific application based on both the received count value of the result items and the stored price-per-result-item corresponding to the specific application identified by the received identifying information.