Patent ID: 7362458

Claim:
A usage reservation system for setting up connected reservations of peripherals on a network, the network including a server system and a plurality of client systems interconnected to the server system, the usage reservation system comprising: a plurality of peripherals operably connected to the server system, the peripherals selected from the group comprising printer, scanner, and facsimile machine; a driver for allowing the client systems to use the peripherals; a detecting portion for detecting the use of the peripherals by a client system; a usage frequency management table for recording a past reservation history of the peripherals by each user and a usage history frequency management portion; a reservation management table for registering reservations of each user for usage time periods of the peripherals based on the past reservation history of the peripherals, and predicting the usage time periods of each peripheral, wherein the usage time period of each peripheral is calculated based on a start time and a finish time inputted by a user; a data content detecting portion for detecting the content processed through the driver; and a data content management portion for recording the content, the usage reservation system further comprising a usage reservation management portion for recording the setup usage reservations of the peripheral into the reservation management table.